1. Contact Compaq perhaps and see if they will help... They or the original vendor may possibly help - but likely they will require some proof of ownership to back up your story. Sadly more than a few come to forums seeking help with kit they have acquired - one way or another, legally or otherwise...Read more

    Contact Compaq perhaps and see if they will help… They or the original vendor may possibly help – but likely they will require some proof of ownership to back up your story.
    Sadly more than a few come to forums seeking help with kit they have acquired – one way or another, legally or otherwise… Not being able to truly separate genuine from stolen… most forums tend to decline to help directly – other than to suggest contact previous owner or vendor. Or go hunt on the internet in general for an assortment of hacks…

    If it’s the actual windows logon… answers on the web a plenty to resolve that; and of course you could simply reset/restore it to factory state…

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  2. Look for a reset button on the monitor itself (usually under the screen or on the front). Or use the monitor's built-in image-adjustment buttons - - - width, height, vertical position & horizontal position. Read the monitor user guide on how to use those buttons, or download it from the manufactRead more

    Look for a reset button on the monitor itself (usually under the screen or on the front).
    Or use the monitor’s built-in image-adjustment buttons – – – width, height, vertical position & horizontal position.

    Read the monitor user guide on how to use those buttons, or download it from the manufacturer’s website.

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  3. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...Though the article is for Vista (NT6) it is also applicable to 7 (NT6.1)Googling is quicker than waiting for an answer....

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind…

    Though the article is for Vista (NT6) it is also applicable to 7 (NT6.1)

    Googling is quicker than waiting for an answer….

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  4. It turns out that the cmos battery was just a bit unseated so by placing it properly, my laptop is now running smoothly. Thanks for the help.

    It turns out that the cmos battery was just a bit unseated so by placing it properly, my laptop is now running smoothly. Thanks for the help.

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  5. I've had similar problems.That's why I now have two accounts on my computer,even if I forget one of them,i still have access to my computer.But i've also used this program to bypass the login password on Windows 7 pc.https://www.winpwd.com/bypass-windo...message edited by Zamy

    I’ve had similar problems.That’s why I now have two accounts on my computer,even if I forget one of them,i still have access to my computer.But i’ve also used this program to bypass the login password on Windows 7 pc.
    https://www.winpwd.com/bypass-windo…

    message edited by Zamy

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  6. If factory restore doesnt work, then all you can do is get a windows xp/vista/win7 dvd and key and reinstall by doing a full advanced install, and formatting the whole drive.

    If factory restore doesnt work, then all you can do is get a windows xp/vista/win7 dvd and key and reinstall by doing a full advanced install, and formatting the whole drive.

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  7. Have you hooked the monitor up to the laptop yet? If it's not automatically detected, there should be a key or keys that need to be pressed to change the display setting from the laptop screen to the monitor. Usually the Function key (Fn) needs to be held & one of the F keys pressed along with iRead more

    Have you hooked the monitor up to the laptop yet? If it’s not automatically detected, there should be a key or keys that need to be pressed to change the display setting from the laptop screen to the monitor. Usually the Function key (Fn) needs to be held & one of the F keys pressed along with it. On my laptop it’s the Fn + F7. See less
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  8. @Shreddi:"Backing up a 486 to try out 95 on, see what happens. I read 95 should work, just dont know about the the clock..."Win95 should work fine on a 486 as long as it has sufficient memory:4MB--just beyond "bootable"8MB--usable, but somewhat slow16MB-32MB--the "sweet spot">32MB--probably a wasRead more

    @Shreddi:

    “Backing up a 486 to try out 95 on, see what happens. I read 95 should work, just dont know about the the clock…”

    Win95 should work fine on a 486 as long as it has sufficient memory:

    4MB–just beyond “bootable”
    8MB–usable, but somewhat slow
    16MB-32MB–the “sweet spot”
    >32MB–probably a waste of memory (Win95 original & Win95A required some tweaking to get 32MB to work properly, Win95B & C didn’t).

    Of course a 486DX66 would be far better than a 486sx20, but I’ve installed it on a 386sx16 (16MB of RAM/60MB HDD) and (painfully) gotten broadband (DSL) to work…

    @MisterGopher:

    “By having your IE5 cache preloaded into the Ram Drive…”

    I don’t use IE (any version) on Win3.x. Opera 3.62 seems to be better able to handle “the current state of the web” better than any other 3.x browser out there.

    “The RAM Drive is especially good for DOS browsing using Arachne…”

    Haven’t been able to use Arachne since I changed ISP’s way back in 1999, and don’t really need it since getting DSL back in 2006. Arachne was good on low-end, DOS-only machines (if you could get it to work with your ISP), but (as mentioned in my #5 above), I’ve pretty much given up on those…

    “Channeling the spirit of jboy…”

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