BYPASSING THE STARTUP PASSWORD

From: CHRISH (CHRISH@AOPDIRECT.COM)
Date: 10/29/02 

From: "CHRISH" <CHRISH@AOPDIRECT.COM>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:35:42 -0800

RUNNING WIN XP. WHEN COMPUTER IS REBOOTED IT STOPS IMMEDIATLEY ON THE ENTER
SETUP PASSWORD. THIS WAS INADVERTANLY SET OR CHANGED IN THE SETUP BEFORE YOU
EVAN GET TO WINDOWS LOG ON. I CANT EVAN BOOT UP TO GET INTO SET UP TO CHANGE
BOOT OPTIONS ETC. THE PASSWORD WAS SET THAN WHEN ASKED TO CONFIRM THE
PASSWORD A NEW ONE OR WRONG KEY WAS HIT AND IT SET IT TO THE NEW UNKNOWN
PASSWORD. THUS LOCKING THE ADMIN COMPLETELY OUT OF THE SYSTEM. (BLA) TRIED
HOLDING DOWN THE F-KEYS AND ESCAPE AND ALL VARIATIONS BUT NADA...STOPPED AT
THE FRONT GATE. I NEED TO WIPE THIS AND REFORMAT FOR A CLIENT AND THEY DONT
KNOW THE PASSWORD. IS THERE A WAY TO BYPASS THIS STRINGENT PROMPT SO I CAN
AT LEAST SET IT TO NEVER BE ENABLED AGAIN? HELP! AND THANKS