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cjturbo

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    Locked out of my laptop
    « on: February 22, 2009, 03:02:50 PM »
    Hello all. I am new to your forum and unfortunately have a problem.
    I am working with Vista on my laptop and my son changed my log in (the administrator's) password to I don't know what. Now I am not able to log in.
    Help???
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    Re: Locked out of my laptop
    « Reply #1 on: February 22, 2009, 04:31:08 PM »
    You can't get the password from your son?
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      Re: Locked out of my laptop
      « Reply #2 on: February 22, 2009, 04:39:43 PM »
      That would be the obvious solution. ::)  He is 3 yrs old and most likely didn't realize that he even changed it.
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      Re: Locked out of my laptop
      « Reply #3 on: February 22, 2009, 05:42:13 PM »
      How does a 3 year ago change a password?
       Clever Kid!
      If the Laptop is a Dell, you can check into their site and get some  help from them. They will want  to know the service tag or the serial number.
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      Re: Locked out of my laptop
      « Reply #4 on: February 22, 2009, 05:45:13 PM »
      "Forgot my password", excuse #486.
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      Re: Locked out of my laptop
      « Reply #5 on: February 22, 2009, 08:15:32 PM »
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #6 on: February 22, 2009, 08:35:37 PM »
        Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 22, 2009, 05:42:13 PM
        How does a 3 year ago change a password?
         Clever Kid!
        If the Laptop is a Dell, you can check into their site and get some  help from them. They will want  to know the service tag or the serial number.

        He is very good with the computer. This is the reason we got him this one, which is a cheap Acer Aspire 4330.
        How he changed the password I will never know. The problem is that I can not log in so I am assuming he changed the password as vista was asking me to change it everytime I was logging in.
        Thanks to all who replied
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #7 on: February 22, 2009, 09:03:53 PM »
        Just because I cannot update the CH Help document...I will write it here and hope one of the mods notice..

        I am not sure if this works on XP home/vista home basic etc....but,

        You do not need to switch to safe mode to access the 'administrator' account built into windows.

        Just as the computer starts, and the welcome screen appears, push control+alt+delete twice, and a logon box will appear.

        You can simply type administrator into the username box.

        This will not work if somebody is already logged in, however.
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #8 on: February 22, 2009, 09:13:56 PM »
        Well, if everybody is just going to tell him anyway, there are lots of free programs the resets the windows password. Or, if you know what you are doing, you boot up one of the Linux CDs and go into the place where the passwords are kept and just zap the file.
        Or just Google it. I did "reset vista password" and got 384 hits. So maybe it is not a secret after all.  ::)
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #9 on: February 23, 2009, 08:33:29 PM »
        Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 22, 2009, 09:13:56 PM
        Well, if everybody is just going to tell him anyway, there are lots of free programs the resets the windows password. Or, if you know what you are doing, you boot up one of the Linux CDs and go into the place where the passwords are kept and just zap the file.
        Or just Google it. I did "reset vista password" and got 384 hits. So maybe it is not a secret after all.  ::)

        Well the CH document that Broni Linked to basically says that anyways :)

        And I just gave a shorter way of getting to the administrator account
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #10 on: February 23, 2009, 08:37:25 PM »
        Quote from: Kurtiskain on February 23, 2009, 08:33:29 PM

        Well the CH document that Broni Linked to basically says that anyways :)

        That I linked to. ;)
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #11 on: February 23, 2009, 08:49:42 PM »
        I didn't do it ;D
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #12 on: February 23, 2009, 08:57:07 PM »
        Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 22, 2009, 09:13:56 PM
        Well, if everybody is just going to tell him anyway, there are lots of free programs the resets the windows password.

         ::)

        Such programs only exist in your mind.
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #13 on: February 23, 2009, 08:58:53 PM »
        Hmmmmmmm ;D
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        Re: Locked out of my laptop
        « Reply #14 on: February 23, 2009, 10:59:43 PM »
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        Such programs only exist in your mind.

        Sorry, I was just thinking out oud.
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