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    Recovery console admin password?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by kingzasz, Aug 29, 2006.

  1. kingzasz

    kingzasz Newbie

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    I have have an Acer aspire 5672 and I am trying to use the windows recovery console and I don't know what the admin password is.

    Is this something set by Acer? How can I figure out what the password is?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    kingzasz, Aug 29, 2006
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    vestige Notebook Consultant

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    Its probably a blank password
     
    vestige, Aug 29, 2006
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  3. kingzasz

    kingzasz Newbie

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    tried that, it didn't work. I'm almost certain it was a password set by Acer.
     
    kingzasz, Aug 29, 2006
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    vestige Notebook Consultant

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    Can you boot into Windows?
     
    vestige, Aug 29, 2006
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    Qhs Notebook Evangelist

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    I ran into the same problem with my X60. I tried my WinXP logon password. Nothing. blank space. Nothing. Its probably a password that Acer setup. Try giving theri tech support a call.

    Try admin.
     
    Qhs, Aug 29, 2006
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    shadow85 Notebook Evangelist

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    password 'admin' ?
     
    shadow85, Aug 29, 2006
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    also try six zeros '000000'
     
    shadow85, Aug 29, 2006
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    kingzasz Newbie

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    Ok, I figured it how. Somehow the password was my first default password for Acer Data Security or whatever. I have since changed the default password, so I have no idea how that password became the admin password :S
     
    kingzasz, Aug 29, 2006
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