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Zanzetkuken The Great

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Lost Password
« on: March 13, 2015, 01:35:58 pm »

We can't find the password my grandmother used for her computer.  Is there anything I could be able to do to get the account signed in?
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LordBucket

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Re: Lost Password
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2015, 02:17:46 pm »

Need more information. CMOS password? There's a jumper on your motherboard you can set to clear it. AOL password? Call them. Windows login password? Which version? Some versions of windows there's nothing you can do short of a reinstall. Other versions you may be able activate the hidden administrator account by booting to a command prompt, or run a third party password retrieval utility.

I suggest typing the name/version of the thing you want to recover for plus a couple variations of password recovery/retrieval/reset into a google search box. In some cases there are lists of instructions and things to try, but which list to use depends on which version you're running.

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Re: Lost Password
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2015, 03:06:13 pm »

Message content redacted, at OP's request. Tool link sent via PM.
« Last Edit: March 13, 2015, 03:24:59 pm by wierd »
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Zanzetkuken The Great

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Re: Lost Password
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2015, 03:21:32 pm »

Would you send the link in a pm to me and edit it out of the thread?  someone less scrupulous could come across it.
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Re: Lost Password
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2015, 03:23:34 pm »

Will do.
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