Welsh Dan
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As above.
My mum has forgotten the logon password for one of her works laptops. Luckily, there is no work on there that she needs anyway, but is there any way around it? Would I be able to format the harddisk and install a fresh copy of XP instead?
Any suggestions
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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As long as the laptop supports Boot from CD you can boot with the XP CD and format/install from there.
You may have to go into the boot menu when you turn it on, or change priority of boot devices in the BIOS.
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steviegsi
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Registered: 25th May 01
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cant you just logon as administrator with password blank as thats the default account?
[Edited on 26-06-2005 by steviegsi]
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Skinz
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If its not a easy password to guess then your stuck, apart from getting a cd that will allow you to hack the password by moddifying the SAM.
It looks complicated but its really not that bad, just look at this site - http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ where you can download a CD image and make a CD the follow the instructions on that site and it will allow you to change the password.
[Edited on 26-06-2005 by Skinz]
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slugger_54132
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cant u press f4 or f8 possibly f10 as it loads, and it will give you the option to boot it in safe mode, this will by pass the password on xp and allow you to reset it?
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Ian
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You can reset it but its faffing, might be easier to do a fresh install.
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Skinz
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quote:
Originally posted by Skinz
If its not a easy password to guess then your stuck, apart from getting a cd that will allow you to hack the password by moddifying the SAM.
It looks complicated but its really not that bad, just look at this site - http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ where you can download a CD image and make a CD the follow the instructions on that site and it will allow you to change the password.
[Edited on 26-06-2005 by Skinz]
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Adam
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You said it was a work PC, then reinstalling the OS might not be the best idea, can't she just get the password reset next time she's at work?
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Skinz
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only if its the domain password, im assuming its not connected to a domain as is using local users only
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