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Jamie-C

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7th Jun 10 at 23:17

Not me my sister

She decided to put a password on and now she bloody forgot it. Shes the only one with an account on it, so can't even use the thing at all

Is there anyway to get in without having to re-install the OS?

[Edited on 09-06-2010 by Jamie-C]

[Edited on 09-06-2010 by Jamie-C]

jamied

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7th Jun 10 at 23:23

try safe mode mate and see if the admin can log in

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8th Jun 10 at 06:11

What exactly will that do?

Password recovery is pretty tedious, but it's possible. http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=windows+vista+password+recovery

John

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8th Jun 10 at 06:28

ophcrack.

Not tedious at all, stick the cd in, wait for it to get the password.

gravesy

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8th Jun 10 at 07:53

quote:
Originally posted by John
ophcrack.

Not tedious at all, stick the cd in, wait for it to get the password.

^^^This.

Also if it's a main manufacturer PC (Dell, HP, etc.) there will be another admin account on there.

jamied

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8th Jun 10 at 08:36

quote:
Originally posted by ed
What exactly will that do?

Password recovery is pretty tedious, but it's possible. http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=windows+vista+password+recovery

What will it do? enable them to login if they have an admin account and manage other accounts? Must admit tho I used to do this occasionally on XP but havent tried on vista

nathy_87

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8th Jun 10 at 12:33

She not put a Password Hint on it?

Jamie-C

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8th Jun 10 at 19:41

quote:
Originally posted by gravesy

quote:
Originally posted by John
ophcrack.

Not tedious at all, stick the cd in, wait for it to get the password.

^^^This.

Also if it's a main manufacturer PC (Dell, HP, etc.) there will be another admin account on there.

Do you not need to have another account though to put the CD in?
The blocked account is the only account on the laptop so would it work without being logged in?

Its an ACER laptop.

Jamie-C

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8th Jun 10 at 19:44

quote:
Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
She not put a Password Hint on it?

No.

Jamie-C

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8th Jun 10 at 20:00

Ah I get it now, you put so the CD-drive boots up first

Will give it a try, have to get some CDs first, only have DVDs here

Wrighty

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8th Jun 10 at 20:04

why isnt there an admin account?

Jamie-C

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8th Jun 10 at 20:10

There is an admin account, but its the ONLY account on the laptop. There is no other accounts.

Therefore no one can use the laptop.

nathy_87

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8th Jun 10 at 20:30

When you boot up the machine, you quickly get a list of F Numbers, (i.e. F2-Setup,F4 blah, etc), try look for the one that says set up. I've found its Delete (Del) button, then look for the option, Start in Safe Mode.

Try that and tell us how you get on.

gravesy

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9th Jun 10 at 07:52

quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C

Do you not need to have another account though to put the CD in?

No, the CD is bootable. Either change the boot order in BIOS so that it looks at the CD drive first or hit F11 just after BIOS to chose the boot device (most BIOS will accept this but not all).

quote:

The blocked account is the only account on the laptop so would it work without being logged in?

Its an ACER laptop.

My old HP laptop had a 'hidden' admin account (hp_admin) that you couldn't see. Just wondered if yours had a similar one.

Like John says use a ophcrack or ntpasswd CD to reset the password.

Make sure you create yourself an admin account when you're back in

Jamie-C

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9th Jun 10 at 16:53

Thanks for the help, I'm downloading Ophcrack now!

Jamie-C

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9th Jun 10 at 18:12

I was rambling on about the wrong thing. I was going of what my sister told me the silly cunt.

It doesn't even get to the log on screen!

As soon as I turn on the system it says 'Enter HDD user password'. It doesn't even let me into the BIOS to change anything ffs.

Sill bitch. Any suggestions?

John

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9th Jun 10 at 18:14

That's basically fucked, there are very very few ways to get around that.

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9th Jun 10 at 18:16

What has she been doing

Jamie-C

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9th Jun 10 at 18:21

quote:
Originally posted by John
That's basically fucked, there are very very few ways to get around that.

quote:
Originally posted by ed
What has she been doing

God knows! We went away for the weekend and my dad left her the laptop and thats what we come back to

John

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9th Jun 10 at 18:23

Dell used to be able to generate the passwords for some of them, didn't work very often though.

If she can't remember the password there is no other way I know of getting the data back, I think you can format it if you hook it up as a slave in another computer.

Jamie-C

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9th Jun 10 at 18:27

quote:
Originally posted by John
Dell used to be able to generate the passwords for some of them, didn't work very often though.

If she can't remember the password there is no other way I know of getting the data back, I think you can format it if you hook it up as a slave in another computer.

Ah well thats to advanced for me I think

A new hard drive would obviously sort it wouldn't it?

Thanks for the help

John

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9th Jun 10 at 18:28

Yip new hard drive would fix it.

Jamie-C

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9th Jun 10 at 18:35

Looks like she'll be down money this week then

I've never bought a new hard drive before, does it come with the OS already installed or do I need to install that to it my self?

John