If you have a good job and are happy with your pay, don't take on the extra work. I support 500+ users and a 14 server network. I have put a lot of time and effort in to my job and have made it a simple work-at-my-pace environment. I don't waste my personal time fixing other peoples problems. I gave that up when I moved from PC repair person to Network Administrator. But if you needed the money then run it as a business and you may fine that you can do better working for your self then working for someone else.
I have found that most good laptops have a bios that maintains the password and can not be removed if it is lost. The bios in my Toshiba holds the password even if the motherboard battery is removed (14 days and counting). Toshiba says to sent in for repair if the password is lost. Dell has a secret code they use as a "backdoor" into the bios of some laptops. A good laptop will have this feature because they are easy to steal and often stolen.
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If you have a good job and are happy with your pay, don't take on the extra work. I support 500+ users and a 14 server network. I have put a lot of time and effort in to my job and have made it a simple work-at-my-pace environment. I don't waste my personal time fixing other peoples problems. I gave that up when I moved from PC repair person to Network Administrator. But if you needed the money then run it as a business and you may fine that you can do better working for your self then working for someone else.
I have found that most good laptops have a bios that maintains the password and can not be removed if it is lost. The bios in my Toshiba holds the password even if the motherboard battery is removed (14 days and counting). Toshiba says to sent in for repair if the password is lost. Dell has a secret code they use as a "backdoor" into the bios of some laptops. A good laptop will have this feature because they are easy to steal and often stolen.