I forgot my password in my 64-bit laptop and I have a 32-bit installer. I have not tried it yet because I am not sure, I will run it in BIOS.
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I got a brand new Windows 7 machine, installed the operating system, created one account and forgot its password. What can I do?  There is no external CD, the operating system is loaded from somewhere inside the machine.  I already tried to remember passwords and tried all candidates with all possible combinations of caps lock, num lock etc.
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This is a new HP DV-7 laptop. When you turn it on SOMETIMES it will wait at 15 minutes on the press escape for menu and sometimes it will boot correctly.  IS this a hardware failure issue or is this a new for a BIOS update?
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I'm confident that I do not need a password for my computer. How do I remove passwords for things like when the screensaver activates and installing software?
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When I install the Ubuntu, I set a short password(&lt;4). Now I want to change the other short password by "passwd" or change passphrase on "Password and Keys" program, it needs a password >4 char.
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I Tried to remove the Boot up Bios password in a Fujitsu Lifebook Bios SH530 Model. But it still asking for password on bootup and now may password did not work. Can anybody help me? Here's what I did:   Press F12 on Bootup  Sign in using the old password Go to Security Settings Tab Change the Boot up Password by Typing in the Current Password and leaving the New Password Inputbox Blank. I just press enter 2x. exit the bios screen and save settings &lt;-- The Worst next time I Boot up it still ask for password but my old password did not work. I tried just leaving it blank and press enter but it is Invalid! I tried 3x and wooops a non stop long beepp sounded with SYSTEM DISABLED on screen no Hash code or what so ever.   What did I do Wrong? Do anyone have this experience? What did you do to solve this problem?   PS. I do not know the supervisor password for it.  UPDATE:   It seems the Master Password will only show up on boot before loading windows 7. If will not show up on Bios Settings. I'm currently using this page to decrypt the hash code  My question now is how do you display the Master Password Hash in Bios Setup? If I can get it I can decrypt it and hopefully remove the password.
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How can I determine whether my processor is 32-bit or 64-bit? My processor is AMD Phenom 8450 triple-core.
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How can I find out BIOS version in Windows without rebooting the system? I would gladly spare finding out the shortcut to enter BIOS and search in BIOS.
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I'm using a 32-bit operating system. How can I check if my hardware supports 64-bit?
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I recently purchased an MSI ge40 laptop.  It's been running fine (very hot laptop though) except for one issue. When I use windows key + L to lock the laptop, upon typing in my password and logging in, pressing any key that would normally be used in combination with the windows key activates that program.  So, if I hit win+L, type password, then hit 's' the search comes up. Etc.   This also randomly seems to happen when I am not using win+L. I might just be browsing the web and then I hit 's' when I am typing a url and then boom, search pops up. Very annoying.  I fix this by hitting the win key....sometimes onces, sometimes 10 times. Doesn't seem to have to do with the hardness of the strike.   I guess I'm at a loss. I researched this and only results about vista and 7 come up.
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I have a realy strange problem in Ubuntu 11.10. I have by accident my password set to empty. If I wan't to install software now the system asks for a password, but I haven't one anymore. If I enter my old password it sais it's wrong and if I leave it empty it also does. Now I wan't to set my password back, but the system asks for the old password before I can change it. That password doesn't exist, so I can't do anything anymore! Can someone help me please?
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On initial installation of Ubuntu 16.04, I checked off "Install third-party software" and, underneath it, I was prompted to check off another option which would allow the OS package to automatically disable secure boot on its own, a prerequisite of which was creating a password that would somehow allow this whole process to occur.  After continuing with the installation, I was never given any indication that this disabling of secure boot had occurred, nor was I ever prompted to enter the password that I had created.  Upon successful installation of the OS, I restarted my computer and checked out the BIOS. In BIOS, secure boot was still enabled. However, back in Ubuntu, I am able to seamlessly play MP3 and Flash files, which I assume indicates that the installation of third-party software was successful.  I haven't run into any problems as of yet (other than the fact that the UI has been a bit finicky and buggy at times), but I would like to know what on Earth I actually accomplished by creating that password.  What happened to the password I created? Will I need to remember it for any reason? It's not the same as my login/sudo password.  Has Ubuntu permanently edited my BIOS in order to make an exception for itself? If so, how can I view these changes and potentially undo them? Is that where the password would come in?  Why does Ubuntu need to disable/bypass secure boot to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package anyway? Is my installation okay? Have I set myself up for future problems? Should I try reinstalling with secure boot manually disabled as not to receive that prompt in the first place?  Additional information: I am running a UEFI system, and I am dual-booting Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows 10.   Unlike this user, I do not receive a warning about "booting in insecure mode," but I would also like to know whether Ubuntu has created an exception for itself and how I could manage such exceptions. Unlike myself, this user has not mentioned anything about having to create a password.
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Something came up today that bugged me a bit, I left my laptop on battery power before going to bed. When starting it up the battery was dead. I plugged it in, and here is what happened:  The startup progress bar came up for a while and then a forgot password prompt came up, with questions like: "set a new password" + 2 other options that I can't remember (they weren't relevant) and a previous and next arrows.  Puzzled, I hit previous and the dialog froze. I proceeded to restart again and ended up on the same dialog, I reset my password to the same as my previous and that was it.  Any idea what might have happened?
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I recently installed LAMP on Ubuntu 13.04(32-bit) but forgot my phpMyAdmin password. How can I reset its password without re-installing it?
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I need to find the 32-bit version, and all I keep finding is the 64-bit. Can anyone provide me with a link?
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I set up the GRUB password protection on my Ubuntu LTS 14 64bits. To do that I generated a hash of the password with grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2. Then I edited /etc/grub.d/40_custom to add those 2 lines:  set superusers="admin" password_pbkdf2 admin grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.EC81D.............   After updating the Grub and rebooting, the password is present BUT everywhere. If I want to boot on Ubuntu, I have to enter my password. I'd like to set up the password only for 'e' editing GRUB menu. (to avoid single user mode)  Any Ideas ?  Thanks
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Here are my circumstances:   I am running Ubuntu 12.04. I have one user account.   I absolutely hate the password requirement. How do I disable this requirement such that my Linux computer will behave more like Windows in this respect? I do not want to hear that I shouldn't this because it is not secure. This is my desire so the concern of security is effectively null and void.
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Not that it's a very good idea to change it, but for fun. According to  post, there are still some problems even after changing entries in /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/sudoers. Any suggestions?