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| Thread ID: 103438 | 2009-09-23 09:44:00 | Does Vista lock you out after so many | Speedy Gonzales (78) | Press F1 |
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| 813056 | 2009-09-23 09:44:00 | attempts of you typing in your password or something? A mate has just called, saying she has been locked out of the admin acct. After so many attempts of trying her password. I have no idea if it does or not. I dont use passwords on these. Have no need to. She's told me AFAIK she knows, the password wasnt changed. Its just locked her out (because she / or someone else got the password wrong, so many times) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 813057 | 2009-09-23 09:46:00 | Never happened to me. | xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 813058 | 2009-09-23 09:56:00 | not sure, that does happen on some sites, after 5 goes you cant try for 15 minutes... doesnt that password reset thing show up if you type the wrong password?, not sure if it applies to the admin account though |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 813059 | 2009-09-23 10:12:00 | Looks like it is possible but don't know whether it applies to Home versions. www.windowsreference.com |
linw (53) | ||
| 813060 | 2009-09-23 10:16:00 | This can clear the password if needed. home.eunet.no |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 813061 | 2009-09-23 10:28:00 | This can clear the password if needed. home.eunet.no Or, if you can login to another admin account, just type net user Administrator * in command prompt and type a new password when prompted... Speedy: Is the PC/Laptop from work or such. Companies may apply such resrictions for security reasons(deployed via GP?) Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 813062 | 2009-09-23 10:48:00 | I found a MS link, saying remove the acct from user profiles and delete the SID for it in the registry. So, I did. Seems to have fixed it..Seems to be working now. Nope its not a work PC. BUT, she does login to the court's system from it. Thanks for the info guys ! | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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