My HP Pavilion keeps asking for my adminstrator password, either I never had one, or have forgotten it. I have tried entering different codes I have seen in this forum, but so far, none have worked. Is there a separate one for the HP Pavilion dv7 notebook?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Yes,every laptop has a different passcode. When reading the other threads did you not notice people posting their halt code to get a passcode? When you get "System disabled" message you also get a halt code which is used to generate a passcode.
my HP PC that is running windows 10 is making loud noises from the speakers and when I go to control panel to check it says that my media is not up to date. this is after I do a sestym recovery, so basically the computer is wanting a product key to finish setting it up with the updated drivers. can you provide me with a product key? I can't complete the set up of windows 10 without it.
Have you tested the hard drive? Immediately after powering on start tapping the Esc key. This will open a menu where F2 System Diagnostics is an option. Tap F2 key and run the tests.
Sometimes a second attempt with Recovery will work.
Your Windows 10 license key is embedded in BIOS and you can reinstall Windows without Recovery Media. Microsoft provides the free Media Creation Tool to download files and create a Windows 10 usb flash drive.Big advantage is you will have latest updated version of Windows 10. At least 8gb flash drive required:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Select Download tool now, and select Run.
If you agree to the license terms, select Accept.
On the What do you want to do? page, select Create installation media for another PC, and then select Next.
Select the language, edition, and architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) for Windows 10.
The Guide here shows the steps.Pay attention to Step 5 if you will be using another pc:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html
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When the flash drive is prepared insert it in a usb port. Power on the laptop and immediately start tapping Esc key. From the menu tap F9 key and use the arrow keys to move to and select usb. Tap Enter key.
When installing and you go through first few screens- choose Custom and select each partition and delete each (if you have more than one).Install on the unallocated space left from that process.Continue with installation.It should pickup the key from BIOS but if it asks at any point just choose "I don't have a key". It will continue and should activate once you are online.
This will not include the original software from HP but most of it can be installed from your Support page.
So you can know what the key to the product is, you must follow the instructions in the link:
https://itsolutionsblog.net/3-ways-to-extract-the-windows-8-product-key/
with the code that comes out you can activate windows.
Most of the G60 models shipped with Windows 7 I believe. If so your laptop will have a COA attached to bottom that has license key. If the laptop was upgraded during the free Windows 10 offer it will have a digital license key stored on Microsoft servers.
What is the "full" model number of your G60? There should be another label attached to bottom with that info- possibly under the battery.
Thank you for replying with this detailed response ;)
I appreciate your time and efforts,
I'm glad you understand the issue as well as you do! it makes my job a lot easier than you know! Thank you ;)
That said, I agree that there's an issue with the driver incompatibility as it doesn't work well on windows 10 UI, which is probably why HP doesn't approve of it as I mentioned before, however, I personally suggest attempting to download the driver directly from the synaptic website and check if that works, here's the link for your ease of access:
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i beleive the guy I purchased the PC from was running Vista oreginally. at least thats what the sticker says on the PC, so I don't think the product key is still there in BIOS?
Hi,
I just tried those drivers, and they seem to have the same issue as the Windows Update drivers. Since the HP Windows 7 drivers seem to at least allow scrolling and such in classic applications (which is what I use the most, Chrome, Office 2013, and such ), I'll just keep using them.
I understand why that is for a laptop that is 5 years old at the release of Windows 10, but it does strike me as rather odd that the driver works, but Windows 10 doesn't seem to listen. I may take this up further, perhaps there is some sort of disconnect with how Modern UI Apps talk with the drivers (and perhaps a simple program could translate such calls, by emulating a USB input device?). Regardless, I'll update this thread if I get anywhere with that.
A temporary workaround I found is too disable the "Automatically hide scroll bars in Windows" option in the Display Accessibility options, as then I can at least easily click and drag them.
Thanks for your time, and best regards,
Josh
Yes. Extensive test was ran on entire system. Everything passed.
Hi.
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It will reconize the USB Drive when using the Recovery Kit, but not when using the Windows 10 that has been downloaded to a USB Flash Drive.
Thank you for your response. I have decided to ship it off to see if it can be repaired.
the system model # is HP G60 notebookPC and the serial # is [removed per Rules Of Participation]
I don’t open my windows
On machines running Vista the key wasn't in BIOS. It was on the COA label attached to bottom of laptop. If he upgraded to Windows 10 during the free offer your product key is registered on Microsoft servers and it should be activated.
I don't quite understand what you mean by drivers are asking for a Product key before they can install/update. There may not be any audio drivers for your model in Windows 10. Possibly why he sold it.
What is the full model number-not serial number. Should be something similar to G60 530US.
Hi.
The recovery partition serves to restore the system and the smallest possible space is added by default.
Do not eliminate it because it can help you.
Thank you for responding. This problem has been going on for well over a year. As far as I am aware there is no "event" that triggered it however I wouldn't be surprised if an update caused.
I was unaware of the HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Window tool so I have downloaded it and am currently running the test. I will report back when I have the results.
T
Normally the drive will have a little over a gb free as set up at factory to avoid getting messages. Norton backup is notorious for adding/saving files to Recovery drive. Can you see any files that are associated with backup? For instance if I open my D:\Recovery all I see is one folder titled Recovery. Also be sure System Restore is not turned on for D.
