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HP Pavilion Media Center (M8724f) doesn't recognize my password.

I just bought this Media Center and carefully entered my passwords (administrator) as directed (typing them in twice). However, when I click on my desktop icon a message comes up that the password is wrong. I've tried everything I can think of and nothing will open it. I would reset it, but it tells me to insert the reset password disk (I made?) into a drive, etc. but they never told me to make a disk, etc.

I don't know what to do at this point. Is there a trick to resetting the passwords? The store I bought it from doesn't answer their phone. (I have a modem I'm renting from Qwest.)

I would appreciate any help you can provide.

Sincerely, Val Bradley

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Pavilion BIOS password reset is commonly needed. Today, we talk about HP Pavilion Windows password reset solutions. Our Windows OS users can set up administrator account and encrypt it with password to enter the OS. This actually prevents unauthorized users from operating on your system. While, if we Pavilion PC users forget the encrypted password and can't login Windows, now what to do for HP Pavilion password reset?


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Certainly that the 3 ways can make sure we reset Pavilion password finally. The Windows Password Recovery Corporation can be used for Windows 7, XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003, 2008 domain password, etc.


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