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Question posted by MickA on June 9th, 2011

Reset To Factoy Settings

I do not know my administator password to reset my Gateway GM 5066B pc back to its factory settings. Is it possible to do this any other way?

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Answer #1: Posted by Tefik on June 9th, 2011 7:28 PM

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