BIOS POWER ON PASSWORD REMOVAL

[SIMZCOOL]

my friend mistakenly set the bios password on my HP pavilion dv7-4065si . the good part is that he gave me the password and its working. but it anoying everytime to enter the power on password. please help me clear it as i does not want it.

[DavidPK · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can remove the need for a power on password as follows.

Shut down the notebook.  Tap away at the esc key as soon as you press the power button to access the Start-up menu and then select f10 to enter the Bios menu.  Use the arrow keys to highlight the Security tab and hit enter.  Use the arrow keys again to highlight power on password and hit enter.  Enter the current password and then for the new password, just leave this blank and hit enter - do the same for the confirmation field.  Press f10, select to save the new settings and hit enter.

Regards,

DP-K

[SIMZCOOL]

thank you very much. It has worked. Keep it up!

[DavidPK]

You're welcome

All the best,

DP-K

[suedowispearson]

Perfect! Thank you!

[rdjohnsonjr]

I've got an HP EliteBook 8540w which I would also like to remove the need to enter a BIOS password at bootup.  I have a BIOS user account and password, but when I try and change the password, it says it cannot be blank.

Also, in the BIOS under the Security tab, I do not have the option for "power on password".  I have selections for "User Management" and "Password Policy".  Under "Password Policy" there are no selections for allowing a blank password.

Any ideas for this PC?