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Posted on Jun 15, 2008

Nintendo wii i have brought a second hand wii from a computer shop and there is a password which i dont know so i cant set up my wi-fi connection,is there a way of resetting the wii back to its factory settings?i do have all the correct paper work for the wii.Thank you

  • Uronour Jun 27, 2008

    Same bought a wii secondhand but the passwords are already set i cant acces anything such as wiifi or parrentle setting grr

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This may go beyond the factory settings, (completely renewed). Goto the wii options menu and click wii settings, and go all the way to the end and click format wii system memory, and read the description to make sure you want to do this and then click format if you want to restart or go back. Note: this is the only icon on wii settings menu that illuminates yellow while the others illuminate blue.

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