kids & passwords

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The Kid set a new password and made a typo - he can't remember what he
typed and now we can't get into his new laptop - any help?:mad:


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fuzor_silverbolt

Is there another account available on the machine. Try safe mode, logon
as the administrator which will probably have no password then reset the
kid's password.


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fuzor_silverbolt

-----------My Rig-----------
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs),
~2.7GHz
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Hard Drive: 984 GB 2x500GB RAID 0
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor: SyncMaster 2220WM/G22PW/220WM(Digital)
Sound Card: SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
Operating System: Windows XP™ Pro 32bit

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Unfortunately - it tells me my account has been disabled. Please see
your system administrator?


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fuzor_silverbolt

Sorry about that I forgot that vista disabled administrator account by
default. You'd need to logon to another account just to enable
administrator in vista. So if the kids are the only account normally
available on the machine there isn't much that can be done other than
doing a system recovery. If there is data on the machine that needs to
be recovered, you can probably remove the hard drive and slave it up to
a USB convertor to a working computer to copy the files to a working
system before reinstalling the operating system.

As far as hacking passwords, don't try it because the websites normally
associated with windows password hacking with load your computer up with
viruses and spyware. I'm personally appaled that someone from live
onecare would even mention the word hacking let alone recommend trying
to circumvent security put in place in microsoft.

So don't listen to StephenB, apparently he doesn't care about you or
any of your computers and doesn't know what he's talking about. Because
if he did, he'd provide a link to a trusted source to purchase such
software. Steer clear of websites with any hacking tools, they only
cause problems and may potentially compromise your system. I've done
computer repair for over ten years and I haven't found any password
hacking software for windows NTFS that work well, they either have
viruses and don't work or they only work sometimes and often ruin the
registry.

If this is getting out of hand for you, and you need pictures or
whatnot recovered; I recommend contacting a knowledgeable computer
repair service. Best buy and other francises that are large usually give
crappy service so choose a small local repair shop that will give you
personalized service.


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fuzor_silverbolt

-----------My Rig-----------
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Hard Drive: 984 GB 2x500GB RAID 0
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor: SyncMaster 2220WM(Digital)
Sound Card: SigmaTel High Definition Audio
Operating System: Windows XP™ Pro 32bit