Brother gave me a compaq notebook and need admin

Is that a windows or bios pass ?

Battery is needed to complete circuit. Too bad you didn't have the old one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Battery-For-HP-Pavilion-ZT3300-ZT3200-ZT3100-ZT3000-Compaq-Presario-X1000-X1200-/150853086051?pt=Laptop_Batteries&hash=item231f8b6b63

Not advertising, it is just an example.

Still doesn't work after Battery installed, post back in a Comment.
Suggest do not be so quick to toss it away.

Regards,
joecoolvette

click start control panel,regional and language options select regional language options from the drop down list select the language you want also from the bottom drop up list you can select your present location location

hope this helps

during the boot up process you will see on the screen for a short amount of time press a certain key to enter set up
Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS scroll down to set user password or supervisor password you can change or remove your password from there

hope this helps

yes

No, but your battery may be going bad soon.

They Have one for sale On ebay if you need..

Look here for your compaq presario X1000 power button bezel

http://cgi.ebay.com/APCL312M000-compaq-presario-X1000-power-button-bezel_W0QQitemZ230260679776QQihZ013QQcategoryZ60265QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem








Hope it helps.....
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Presario X1000 has 3 different ATI graphics boards they use.
Two are 32mb and one is 64mb.

For use with HP Compaq nx7000 and
Compaq Presario X1000 notebooks spare part#
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9200 w/64-MB memory 336970-001
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9200 w/ 32-MB memory 336969-001
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 7500 w/ 32-MB memory 336968-001

I have on PDF the service repair manual, I can e-mail it to you or you could try to google it.

It may be the problem with driver. Your OS may not contain the proper driver.Like in windows service pack 1 do not recognise some camcorders. either upgarde to service pack 2 or download proper driver from manufacturers site

pull battery out back in 20 sec