There is a way around it, but it depends on what exactly it is. If it's your bios or cmos password -- the password required to let the computer to continue to boot up -- or if it's the windows administration password. Using a Backdoor BIOS Password Some BIOS manufacturers implement a backdoor password. The backdoor password is a BIOS password that works, no matter what the user sets the BIOS password to. These passwords are typically used for testing and maintenance. Manufacturers typically change the backdoor BIOS passwords from time to time. Try using 'Dell' as the password. Resetting the BIOS Password using Software Every system must store the BIOS password information somewhere. If you are able to access the machine after it has been booted successfully, you may be able to view the BIOS password. You must know the memory address where the BIOS password is stored, and the format in which the BIOS password is stored. Or, you must have a program that knows these things. You can write your own program to read the BIOS password from the CMOS memory on a PC by writing the address of the byte of CMOS memory that you wish to read in port 0x370, and then reading the contents of port 0x371. Resetting the BIOS Password using Hardware If you cannot access the machine after if has been powered up, it is still possible to get past the BIOS password. The BIOS password is stored in CMOS memory that is maintained while the PC is powered off by a small battery, which is attached to the motherboard. If you remove this battery, all CMOS information (including the BIOS password) will be lost. You will need to re-enter the correct CMOS setup information to use the machine. The machines owner or user will most likely be alarmed when it is discovered that the BIOS password has been deleted. On some motherboards, the battery is soldered to the motherboard, making it difficult to remove. If this is the case, you have another alternative. Somewhere on the motherboard you should find a jumper that will clear the BIOS password. If you have the motherboard documentation, you will know where that jumper is. If not, the jumper may be labeled on the motherboard. If you are not fortunate enough for either of these to be the case, you may be able to guess which jumper is the correct jumper. This jumper is usually standing alone near the battery. If you cannot locate this jumper, you might short both of the points where the battery connects to the motherboard. If all else fails, you may have to clear the BIOS password by resetting the RTC (Real Time Clock) IC (Integrated Circuit) on your motherboard. Many RTC's require an external battery. If your RTC is one of this type, you can clear the BIOS password just by unsocketing the RTC and reseating it. Most RTC chips with integrated batteries can be reset to clear the BIOS password by shorting two pins together for a few seconds. You will see more than one option for some chips due to testing by various people in the field. Remember to remove power from the system before shorting these pins. You should be able to discover how to reset the BIOS password stored in most RTC (Real Time Clock) chips by reading the manufacturers data sheet for that RTC. Some RTC's, like the Dallas DS1287 and TI benchmarq bq3287mt cannot be cleared. The solution to resetting the BIOS password on systems with those RTC's is to purchase a replacement RTC chip. How inconvenient! Dell Dimension BIOS Password Recovery The BIOS password may be cleared from a Dell Dimension by moving the password jumper on the motherboard. The location of the password jumper on a Dell Dimension motherboard can be found by reviewing the Dimension User Guides. For most Dell Dimension desktops, the steps to reset a BIOS password and clear all CMOS settings are: Locate the 3-pin CMOS password reset jumper on the system board. Remove the jumper plug from pins 1 and 2. Place the jumper plug on pins 2 and 3 and wait approximately 5 seconds. Replace the jumper plug on pins 1 and 2. Dell Optiplex BIOS Password Recovery The BIOS password may be cleared from a Dell Optiplex by removing the password jumper (PSWD) from the motherboard. The location of the password jumper on a Dell Optiplex motherboard can be found by reviewing the Optiplex User Guides. For most Dell Optiplex desktops, the steps to reset a BIOS password and clear all CMOS settings are: Locate the 3-pin CMOS password reset jumper on the system board. Remove the jumper plug from pins 1 and 2. Place the jumper plug on pins 2 and 3 and wait approximately 5 seconds. Replace the jumper plug on pins 1 and 2. Dell Inspiron BIOS Password Recovery Each Dell Inspiron has a master password which will clear the BIOS password. You can get this number by calling Dell Technical Support at (800)624-9896. Dell Technical Support will request the Service Tag and Express Service Code from the bottom of your Inspiron. If you were not the original owner of the Inspiron, Dell will transfer registration of the used Inspiron from the original owner with only the Service Tag and Express Service Code from the tag on the laptop. To transfer the registration of a used Dell, fill out the Transfer of Ownership form on Dell's web site. Dell Latitude BIOS Password Recovery Christophe Grenier has written a program that will calculate the master BIOS password for Dell Latitudes from the Service Tag number. That program is available at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~skynet/zips/latitude.exe If you cannot boot your Latitude to run this program, you can get the master password for your Dell by calling Dell Technical Support at (800)624-9896. Dell Technical Support will request the Service Tag and Express Service Code from the bottom of your Latitude. If you were not the original owner of the Latitude, Dell will transfer registration of the used Latitude from the original owner with only the Service Tag and Express Service Code from the tag on the laptop. To transfer the registration of a used Dell, fill out the Transfer of Ownership form on Dell's web site.

Depending on what operating system you a running on your dell computer, there are several software solutions. One solution is ActMon Password Recovery XP (formerly iOpus Password Recovery XP). The great thing about it is it's the first tool of its kind that works automatically on Web pages, Windows 9x/NT and Windows 2000/XP systems. You know its a sure thing because this utility was featured in "Smart Computing" magazine too. http://www.actmon.com/password%2Drecovery/ Windows systems allow a convenient storage of frequently used passwords, such as the passwords in Outlook Express email or for a FTP connection. However, since you no longer enter the saved password manually, you tend to forget them. What are you to do when you need to know one of the saved passwords? The password is staring right at you, but is hiding behind a row of "*****" asterisks. For 9x and NT users the solution was to use a password recovery utility that displayed the passwords inside the box. But as many users upgrade to Windows XP they realize that Microsoft changed the security of the password boxes and all old password recovery tools fail on Windows XP. But with the new iOpus Password Recovery users can reveal their forgotten passwords on XP and Windows 2000 as easily as on Windows 98 or Windows ME.

boot in safe mode usually f12 at the dell post screen and log on as the administrator go into the control panel and the user accounts then select your account and remove password on it and reboot normaly the reset ur pass word

If you mean at the BIOS screen then you'll need to uplug and remove the cmos battery for about 10 minutes (doesn't work with all boards. If you mean at the windows screen then get onto another machine and download ntpasswd from: home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd and burn it to a cd and boot rom the CD you can remove the password from the account with just a few simple instructions.

yes, there are many ways. Windows Password Unlocker is highly recommended because of the fast space and safe 1.Download Windows Password Unlocker from Password Unlocker Official site http://www.passwordunlocker.com/products/wpu.html 2.Decompress the Windows password unlocker and note that there is an .ISO image file. Burn the image file onto an blank CD with the burner freely supported by Password Unlocker. 3.Insert the newly created CD into the locked computer and re-boot it from the CD drive. 4.After launched the CD, a window pop up with all your account names(if you have several accounts); select one of the accounts that you have forgotten its password to reset it. Just one press, you have removed the password. Just above steps, your problem will be solve yet no data loss.