Wicked, that password prompt you're encountering is for the BIOS lock. In other words, you're not even at an operating system level yet...that's just to get past the BIOS. The best way around that is to reset the BIOS, and clear the CMOS. There should be a jumper on the motherboard that can take care of this. If not, remove the cmos battery for at least 15 seconds and then pop it back in. Let us know what happens.