Did not put password in at setup but is asking for it at startup

some one must have put in a boot password to your laptop,
follow this:
When booting up, enter your BIOS setup (usually by pressing the F2 key at the appropriate time).

Locate the BIOS Password section and turn the ON STARTUP password to off. There is no standard setup for BIOS, so I can't give you exact instructions.

If this does not work, try:
remove cell & start your pc you will here beep...beep...beep...

then turn off your pc & restore your cell.Start your pc and
password is removed.

there is a battery on motherboard,a button cell,you can try removing that and start computer, then put it back, bios settings will be lost.
you can also try removing any hardware like ram,if you have two,when system is off,turn on , it will prompt for changes , enter bios and try remove password.

If it's a BIOS password, ask the person that put it in. OR, contact the the Laptop Manufacturer for a one-time BIOS password.

What password do you mean, Is it a BIOS password or Windows?

Do a system factory restore.

if the password box is runing at startup bios when you press power button I think that problem belonged to inside the laptop, you must do maintenance in your laptop expertly inside the laptop on motheboard find to COMS battery and remove from motherboard during 24 hours after complete duration bring back into his place on motherboard , may be by using this way the bios password will be rest in Acer Laptop odels, but if the password run after runing windows like User Accout or Syskey .. you can see earlier answer we are alreay sloved in current site .. also click here to see this information ... Fixya.Com

You have to make sure that you save the bios before you exit.

tecra

When your Windows were installed, the engineer may have put the password to go to setup. Ask the said engineer regarding that password. If he gives you the password, revert to me.

TRy changing the capslock status. Change from Caps to small or vice versa.

go to ur bios set up and change ur password..