You may be right, but I prefer such a defense-in-depth. The other night, a thief cut a hole through my window while I was sleeping, trying to steal my phones from my bedside using a long stick. But I woke up before any damage could be done.




I initially thought as much, but didn't think that was the issue. The same password that didn't work happened to work again. I have not restarted my laptop again since then, as I always put it in sleep mode. I don't know if the problem will continue to persist or not. ​...

I have seen the video, and it doesn't seem like something I may be able to do for now. Don't have access to the right tools. However, the post-power-on BIOS password that didn't work before has worked again. Though I'm not sure if it's going to work again after another reboot. In the BIOS, I was able to change the administrator password but not the post-power-on password, as it was telling me "incorrect password" when I knew it was the right password....

I have no idea how you came to this conclusion. I didn't even say I was running a Windows OS. I'm using Linux Mint....

Hello everyone,

I guess I wouldn't be here if I hadn't run into a problem with my laptop bios but here I am looking forward to your help resetting my laptop bios.
I'm from Nigeria and have a degree in computer science from the University of People. I used to repair computers since the time of Windows 98 but I haven't done that again in a long time and couldn't keep up with the changes in the industry again. Looking forward to learn from you all....

Hello everyone,

Please I need help resetting my HP EliteBook 840 G5 BIOS administrator and post power-on passwords. All I did was restart my laptop and the same password that I always enter during boot suddenly don't work again. It's strange and I'm confused.

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