IBM Thinkpad 570

Belonged to my mother, who has passed it on to my kids-
She has it password protected and can not remember the password so it has sat for a few years.
Is there anyway to bypass the password?
I have tried disconnecting the battery, tried resetting the two pads in the DIMM- still keeps coming up with password?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Wendy

Whats the operating system? BIOS startup password or windows login password?

Um, I am not computer literate lol..
I beleave it is the Bios startup.
When I power it on it goes to the IBM screen, says hit F1 for settings that also asks for a password. So basically cant get past the start up page of IBM - immediately asks for the password right after.
I have no problem taking it in to get fixed - just really dont want to pay a fortune for something that may be simple.

Thanks
Wendy

Didn't mean to infer you were...just asking the starting questions

http://www.tech-faq.com/ibm-thinkpad-bios-password.shtml

Looks like some worthy software to try out there.

Also seems to be many other solution sites available:

http://www.google.com/search?q=bypass+ibm+thinkpad+password

Good luck!

I wasnt meaning to sound bitter about that, sorry if you took it that way

Thank you so much for the help, I am checking out the sites now.

Wendy