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re: forgotten password
Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 4:37 am
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Posted by Keith Stanier (1000 messages posted)


Are you talking about the Windows login password?

This password is stored in a *.pwd file in the Windows folder. Just start you comp 
up in DOS mode. Hold the Ctrl key while it boots up and select Command Prompt Only. 
Or when it says Starting Windows 95 press the F8 key and select Command Prompt 
Only. Type cd windows and enter. Type dir *.pwd, this will show all the pwd files 
in the Windows folder. If no files are shown then they could be hidden, read below. 
Then type del *.pwd and press enter. Restart the comp and you maybe asked for a password 
when Windows first starts just leave the password blank and press OK. You shouldn't 
be asked for a password again.

I can't remember if this pwd file is hidden or not. When you delete the pwd file 
if it says incorrect filename or filename not found then type in Attrib -h *.pwd 
and enter. This will remove the hidden attribute of all pwd files then delete it 
again.



Written in response to:
re: forgotten password (Jerry: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 7:26 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: forgotten password (Ken: Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 7:58 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-forgotten password (joe: Wed, Jan 10, 2007, 12:38 pm)
-re: forgotten password (Jerry: Wed, Jan 10, 2007, 7:26 pm)
-re: forgotten password (Keith Stanier: Thu, Jan 11, 2007, 4:37 am)
*re: forgotten password (Ken: Thu, Apr 5, 2007, 7:58 pm)
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