On my laptop, I forgot my password; is there anyway to 'hack' into it without calling Dell?

At startup keep tapping F8... once you are in the boot menu chose Safe mode and boot your computer from there. Afterward the OS is loaded you can change the password and restart in normal mode

Source:

http://www.lostwindowspassword.com/reset...

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