You can clear the password required to change settings in the BIOS of your Dell computer. You may want to do this if you or someone else set a password for the computer and it has been forgotten or lost. BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System, and is a program loaded when a computer is turned on to tell it what to do. When it is password protected, you cannot change the BIOS settings without the password. Dell’s Vostro line includes desktops and laptops, but the steps are similiar for both. Writer Bio
