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| Thread ID: 138729 | 2015-01-13 21:40:00 | Dimwit of the month: Lost password | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 1392052 | 2015-01-13 21:40:00 | Hi Team I was recently donated an old Toshiba Tecra laptop (running XP) and the donor's password was changed to one of my choice. Problem is, time has passed and I can't find the note I made of the new password. :blush: I've tried the usual culprits without luck so how do I go about resetting it again whan I can't log-in? I have a good use for this computer so I don't want to dump it! There has to be a non-destructive way, or nobody would bother stealing laptops! Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1392053 | 2015-01-13 22:25:00 | Is it a Windows login password or a BIOS / Startup password that you need to enter before Windows will even boot? If it is a Windows password then you could try boot into Safe Mode and login as Administrator and hopefully you can get in without a password on that account, then you can go into the Users in Control Panel and change the password on the user account. A BIOS/ startup password will be trickier to remove. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1392054 | 2015-01-13 22:41:00 | try that first otherwise if you can find a copy of ERD Commander in MSDaRT Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 6.5 The Locksmith wizard can be used to list the local user accounts and change passwords. |
nmercer (3899) | ||
| 1392055 | 2015-01-13 23:28:00 | Is it a Windows login password or a BIOS / Startup password that you need to enter before Windows will even boot? It was a Windows Login and administrator rights let me in. :D I have now recorded my new login in paper format!! Thanks for the help. Cheers Billy 8-{) :thumbs: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1392056 | 2015-01-14 00:25:00 | It was a Windows Login and administrator rights let me in. :D : Which shows how pointless it is unless you also password the admin account. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1392057 | 2015-01-15 09:23:00 | Can I suggest that you use a password manager such as github.com . There are lots of these around but I like this one since it is cross platform. Many of them use the same file format to save so you can use different software if you like - I use PassWdSafe on my Android cell phone to access the same files. Put a secure password on this (one you will not forget) then use it to store all of your computer, web, access to buildings, ....... I could not do without this any more!! | johnd (85) | ||
| 1392058 | 2015-01-19 08:43:00 | Can I suggest that you use a password manager such as github.com . There are lots of these around but I like this one since it is cross platform. Many of them use the same file format to save so you can use different software if you like - I use PassWdSafe on my Android cell phone to access the same files. Put a secure password on this (one you will not forget) then use it to store all of your computer, web, access to buildings, ....... I could not do without this any more!! Thanks, but frankly my life is not that wired! My cellphone is a phone and nothing else, building access is supplied by my clients as necessary, and my password manager is an A4 printout. I'd like to see somebody try to hack into that. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1392059 | 2015-01-19 08:48:00 | Understood - but unless the A4 bit of paper is put away very securely it could be "hacked" at lot easier than a secure file and if it is put away securely it will be hard to get to when you really need it......... | johnd (85) | ||
| 1392060 | 2015-01-20 00:50:00 | Understood - but unless the A4 bit of paper is put away very securely it could be "hacked" at lot easier than a secure file and if it is put away securely it will be hard to get to when you really need it......... What nonsense. because we all know that the the web is 100% secure, 3rd party password programs never will have security issues etc. In fact, not too long back there was a major issue with one vendors password manger system. The whole lot was lost(all stored passwords for everyone using it) because of their incompetence |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1392061 | 2015-01-20 01:03:00 | I don't believe what I wrote was nonsense. So your piece of paper can never got lost or mislaid. Both methods are fallible :>) ... but having used both, electronic beats it hands down for me - I have multiple files on PC and cell phone running on multiple programs plus backups. As long as the master password is long enough and complex enough I am happy. | johnd (85) | ||
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