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Frank Slootweg wrote:

> Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
>
>> Just hold down the <SHIFT> key while you click on
>> the restart button in the start menu of Windows. Then
>> you will get the boot menu on next startup.
> 
>    Well, on my laptop, that gets into the *UEFI* software, *not* into the
> *BIOS*. 

If you have a UEFI, that's instead of a BIOS.

>> So for example I can boot from another device, but I can not get
> into the BIOS to reset the *BIOS* password,  which is what the OP
> (Daniel70) wants/needs to do.

There's a path from that blue windows boot menu to enter UEFI

>    If you think otherwise, please give specific instructions on how to
> get from shift+Restart, via the UEFI software, into the BIOS.

Troubleshoot / Advanced / UEFI Settings