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poolcorgi
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:27 pm    Post subject: password Reply with quote
the twit i live with has passworded her pc whilst drunk and cant remember what it is

is there anyway round this prob

it had to be reloaded the last time

windows xp
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vince knight
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Location: Essex/East London
PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did she not put anything in the HINT field?
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NickAskew
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Location: Thirsk
PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is an official Microsoft method if your cohabiter's PC has another user account on it which the password is known for:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305

If not, then the best you can do is recover her files by removing the hard disk from the pc and putting it into another as a slave - booting into the operating system on the other pc and then copying everything from
[\Documents and Settings\Her Login Name Here\Copy Everything here] (this assumes the disk wasn't formatted with NTFS and the security set to disallow anyone access other than her logon account..)
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