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Administrator password
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Administrator password
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Posted by Norma
(6 messages posted)
Bought a laptop computer at a garage sale while on vacation. It was up and running.
Did not use it for about 2 weeks. Started it up and can only get to the guest user.
I have no clue to the administrator's users password and I can not do what I need
to do as a guest. I cannot call the people I got it from because I do not have their
phone number. Is there any way I can get around the administrator's password. Really
stuck in a bind. Paid good money for this laptop and as it is now it is useless.
Any help would be appreciated
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re: Administrator password
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Posted by Steve
(19685 messages posted)
I have not seen much info about Hacking Vista Login Passwords. Try Google. So far
it appears you have to reinstall Windows if you forget the Password. , I would try
harder to get hold of the people you got it from. If they claim they forgot it, then
I Bet it was stolen.
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re: Administrator password
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Posted by vista
(16 messages posted)
why would you buy a used computer and not reinstall the OS as the very first thing
you do?
asking for password cracking help is shady and these types of posts should be deleted
instantly.
On Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 2:34 pm, Steve wrote:
>I have not seen much info about Hacking Vista Login Passwords. Try Google. So far
>it appears you have to reinstall Windows if you forget the Password. , I would try
>harder to get hold of the people you got it from. If they claim they forgot it,
then
>I Bet it was stolen.
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re: Administrator password
Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 11:18 am
Posted by Norma
(6 messages posted)
I do not know a great deal about computers. I was on vacation and went by an estate
sale ( garage sale??) and this computer was up and running. It looked very good.
It had a good price. I did not use it until I got home off of vacation. If I would
have known that I could not have gotten into it I would not have bought it! There
was nothing shady about it and I am offended for you saying that. I just want some
help so I can use the thing. And no I cannot take it back. I am not going out of
state just to try to find the house I bought it at. It is my loss and no one elses
and I accept that.....
On Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 12:07 pm, vista wrote:
>why would you buy a used computer and not reinstall the OS as the very first thing
>you do?
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>asking for password cracking help is shady and these types of posts should be deleted
>instantly.
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re: Administrator password
Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Posted by JSanders
(251 messages posted)
I'm afraid that your only option is going to be a re-format and re-installation of
Windows. There should be a Windows product tag somewhere on the bottom of the laptop,
so any disk will do.
On Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 11:18 am, Norma wrote:
>I do not know a great deal about computers. I was on vacation and went by an estate
>sale ( garage sale??) and this computer was up and running. It looked very good.
>It had a good price. I did not use it until I got home off of vacation. If I would
>have known that I could not have gotten into it I would not have bought it! There
>was nothing shady about it and I am offended for you saying that. I just want some
>help so I can use the thing. And no I cannot take it back. I am not going out of
>state just to try to find the house I bought it at. It is my loss and no one elses
>and I accept that.....
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>
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re: Administrator password
Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Posted by Ted McCarty
(1 messages posted)
Hi Norma, don't pay any attention to the people who are dissing you about this.
If you can go to this web site (use someone else's computer) http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
you can download either a boot CD or boot floppy that you can use to reset the password
to null. I have used this many times, I think it will work on Vista.
Ted
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re: Administrator password
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Posted by Norma
(6 messages posted)
I was reading some problems that others were having. Some one else had the same problem
and he was told to use F11. It worked. Thanks for trying to help.
On Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 7:31 pm, Ted McCarty wrote:
>Hi Norma, don't pay any attention to the people who are dissing you about this.
>If you can go to this web site (use someone else's computer) http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
>you can download either a boot CD or boot floppy that you can use to reset the password
>to null. I have used this many times, I think it will work on Vista.
>
>Ted
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