Lenovo ThinkPad T420s Support Question
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Question posted by perrygilberts on September 16th, 2013
I Lost My Password To My Lenovo T420s Thinkpad. Is There Anyway Around This
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(English) Access Connections Profile Deployment guide - Page 42
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ThinkPad GOBI Mobile Broadband User Guide - Page 25
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ThinkPad Gobi Mobile Broadband Wireless WAN (X1, X121e) - Page 2
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ThinkPad Gobi Mobile Broadband Wireless WAN (L420, L421, L520, T420s, T420si, T430s, T430si) - Page 2
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ThinkPad Gobi Mobile Broadband Wireless WAN (T420, T420i, T430, T430i, T520, T520i, T530, T530i, W520, W530) - Page 1
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(English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Page 10
...passwords, power-on passwords, and hard disk drive (HDD) passwords... different products
Supported computers
BIOS setup through WMI is supported on the following ThinkPad products only: • R400, R500, T400, T500, W500, X200,..., W701 • T400s • X201, X201s, T410, T410s, T510, W510 • T420, T420i, T420s, T420si, T520, T520i, W520, X220, X220i, X220 Tablet, X220i Tablet • X1 ...
(English) BIOS Setup using Windows Management Instrumentation Deployment Guide - Page 38
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Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 3
...Set 47 Passwords 49
Power-on password 49 Hard disk password 49
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Supervisor password 49 How to remove the power-on password . . . 49 How to remove the hard disk password . .... card (BDC-3.0) . . . . 91
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Before servicing ThinkPad T420s and T420si models 67 1010 Battery pack 68 1020 Serial Ultrabay Slim device or travel bezel . ...
Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 5
...with the advanced diagnostic tests to troubleshoot problems effectively.Before servicing a ThinkPad product, be sure to troubleshoot problems. Important: This manual is intended only for the following ThinkPad® products.
ThinkPad T420s and T420si Machine types (MT) 4170, 4171, 4172, 4173...on page 1 and Chapter 2 "Important service information" on page 31.
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Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 42
... attachment of a nonsupported device • Forgotten computer password (making the computer unusable) • Sticky keys...Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox program and the PC-Doctor for DOS diagnostics program
The section provides information about ThinkPad computers that support the Lenovo...; Diskette drive damage caused by pressure on laptop products
The following symptoms might indicate damage caused...
Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 43
...disabled, such as follows: 1. To test a USB device, connect it by the customer, ThinkPad Setup menu appears after the password is installed to -FRU index" on , go to "Symptom-to the computer. 3. Turn...Make sure that the optical drive that is available on the following Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/supportTo create the PC-Doctor diagnostic CD, follow the instructions on page 42, and ...
(English) User Guide - Page 88
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Print these instructions. 2. Select Security, using the computer. For details, refer to "Security menu" on password to help protect your computer off and then turn on password in the ThinkPad Setup menu. Typing passwords
If this : 2. Press F1. Save all open files, and exit all applications. 3. Turn your computer against access by...
(English) User Guide - Page 89
... you can select User+Master to set a password. 8. If you are prompted to have the password canceled. 11. When the Enter New Password field opens, leave it enables the administrator to set two passwords. (The user can change the user password as desired, but no one hard disk password. The ThinkPad Setup opens. 5. A Setup Confirmation window opens...
(English) User Guide - Page 90
... password, or both user and master passwords, Lenovo cannot reset your password to the next line. Press Enter once to move to verify it. Commit your passwords ...password Follow steps 1 through 7 in "Setting a hard disk password" on your passwords and keep them in the Enter New Password field, and retype the password you cannot get access to the ThinkPad Setup program. The user password...
(English) User Guide - Page 92
... supervisor password, Lenovo can set the supervisor password,
you to move to apply this procedure.
1. To change or remove the supervisor password, follow steps 1 through 8 above in the Confirm New Password field. 3.
In the Enter Current Password field, type the current supervisor password. 2. Follow step 11 and step 12 above in a safe place.
Save all open the ThinkPad...
(English) User Guide - Page 97
... 9. The Security menu opens. 6. Care for parts and service. Chapter 4. Security 81 The ThinkPad Setup opens. 5. The Fingerprint submenu opens. 7.
Using the cursor keys, move to Fingerprint, and...rough, dry, or injured. Press F10 to an item you forget your hard disk password, Lenovo cannot reset your finger has any of the following actions could damage the fingerprint reader ...
(English) User Guide - Page 180
... 1 on dock • Digital 2 on the external keyboard will be active at the ThinkPad NumLock.
If you press the Fn key twice, the state is always enabled.
This selection is equivalent to be displayed if you press the Fn key again. The action is effective for boot time, password prompt, and ThinkPad Setup.
(English) User Guide - Page 194
...not being used. • Before you install any of the reader is lost or stolen. Register your computer • Register your ThinkPad products with a hard, pointed object. • Scraping the surface of...authorities return your computer to you if it , and
you forget a supervisor or hard disk password, Lenovo will not reset it is wet. • The reader often fails to keep the display open...
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