password on laptop`
Mar 26, 2013 11:17:54 #
I changed my password on my laptop, the one that stayed home, right before I left for vacation, almost 3 weeks, now home, I forgot I changed it and I forgot what it was. Any ideas? Cant believe I did that but I did. :shock:
Mar 26, 2013 11:28:50 #
Mar 26, 2013 11:41:15 #
Windows 7 - PC
mtnredhed wrote:
Windows/Mac? Version?
Mar 26, 2013 11:46:15 #
If any of your friends "download", then ask for a copy of Hirens Boot CD. This will solve your problem.
Mar 26, 2013 11:48:51 #
Ok, thanks. Will ask and see.
RTFM wrote:
If any of your friends "download", then ask for a copy of Hirens Boot CD. This will solve your problem.
Mar 26, 2013 11:51:20 #
colo_jeep_gal wrote:
I changed my password on my laptop, the one that stayed home, right before I left for vacation, almost 3 weeks, now home, I forgot I changed it and I forgot what it was. Any ideas? Cant believe I did that but I did. :shock:
Try the "3 finger wave" hit the following at the same time.
CTRL - ALT - Delete, this will perhaps bring you to a page where you are offered the ability to change a password.
Mar 26, 2013 11:51:25 #
mtnredhed
Loc: The part of NorCal that doesn't move
colo_jeep_gal wrote:
Windows 7 - PC
Hopefully you didn't do disk encryption.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/reset-password-windows-7.htm
Jump to step 2 since you probably don't have the recovery disk.
You'll need another PC to download the program and create a bootable media. Nothing I'm aware of can recover the password, but they can remove/disable your existing p/w so you can login and set it.
For futures, you might look at something called a password vault. You remember one p/w that has all your others.
Mar 26, 2013 12:17:58 #
RTFM wrote:
If any of your friends "download", then ask for a copy of Hirens Boot CD. This will solve your problem.
And you can download a boot CD from Microsoft
Mar 26, 2013 12:49:56 #
Mar 26, 2013 13:49:27 #
Yeah, I know. I was in a hurry to leave and did it so quickly. I am remembering some of it soooo....
UP-2-IT wrote:
Something a bit simplier for after, scrap of paper and a pencil.
Mar 26, 2013 15:22:53 #
RTFM wrote:
If any of your friends "download", then ask for a copy of Hirens Boot CD. This will solve your problem.
i would second hirens. it will solve your problem, and is so useful.
Mar 27, 2013 05:52:17 #
"Ophcrack" and "Kon-Boot" (both free) seem to have good reviews for recovery of lost passwords.
Mar 27, 2013 06:41:01 #
You can either reset to factory....or reset the pass. what model laptop is it. hp Asus or??? There will be an F key to hold as you boot up need what brand and model number of the laptop you are useing. becarefull of boot disks off the net some can install key loggers.
Mar 27, 2013 08:30:20 #
rayford2
Loc: New Bethlehem, PA
Wait 'til you get a Toshiba laptop that asks for a password for the hard drive. No tech will touch it and Toshiba says buy another hard drive or send it to them for repair.
So long, Toshiba. That name went on a "do not buy" list for me.
So long, Toshiba. That name went on a "do not buy" list for me.
Mar 27, 2013 08:43:39 #
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