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Muddy
19-09-2009, 01:41 PM
Does anyone know how to do this? One of my laptops was used by an ex employee and now I can't get on the damn thing because I don't have her password. The safe mode route only works with XP apparently.
Zap
19-09-2009, 02:08 PM
Easiest way is to contact her and ask for it.
Failing that, there are bootable utilities that will allow you to reset it to what you want.
Google "Winternals ERD".
It's a bootable CD that has it's own version of Windows on it but I don't know if it's been updated for Vista. It works great with XP.
Big Dan
19-09-2009, 07:37 PM
This may help: How to Reset a Windows XP or Vista Password - wikiHow (http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Windows-XP-or-Vista-Password) -- I've never tried it though.

In XP I just go the safe mode route. Are you sure cannot just make a new admin account in Vista under safe mode then go in and delete the other account from the new account?
Muddy
19-09-2009, 07:56 PM
In XP that works great, but not in Vista. Fear not! I tracked her down and after 6 guesses later she remembered the password! Why is it women have different passwords for everything? "Let's see...try "puffyfrosting", oh no that's for my recipe club site...ok try "snappygirl76", on no that's Facebook...ok, I know, try "bankstuff", no that's, well you know what that's for..."

I mean how do you girls remember all those? I have one password and if it requires a mix of letters and numbers, I have one for that, and if it has to be so many characters long, I have a third and final one for that. 3. And I can't remember those! Jesus.

Anyway, hers was first initial, last name. D'oh! I'm surprised it wasn't "bossisjerk" or "jobsucks"!
ewomack
19-09-2009, 11:21 PM
At least it wasn't her name backwards. I hacked into my school's computer using that one back in the day (but I didn't wreak any havoc... well, not much havoc at least)
julien_simon
20-09-2009, 05:33 AM
I love guessing passwords.

I'm not very good at it though.
ewomack
20-09-2009, 11:08 AM
That's what we have algorithms and bored teenagers for... see? we all have a purpose...
krisma5
21-09-2009, 04:27 AM
I have lots of passwords too, but I don't have to remember them all... I have a password book where I write them all down. Of course the most important ones like for the bank I have all in my head. =)
ewomack
21-09-2009, 07:25 AM
A business unit I once worked with posted their passwords on the wall. Security didn't really care for that... but they never forgot them... and neither did the hackers...
Strong
21-09-2009, 01:05 PM
I have lots of passwords too, but I don't have to remember them all... I have a password book where I write them all down. Of course the most important ones like for the bank I have all in my head. =)

That's what I do. For extra security I hide the book in the attic under the box with the dragon statues, which is under the old NEC dot matrix 24 pin printer.

I must say that logging in to this place can be a bit of a pain at times. :sqerr:
julien_simon
21-09-2009, 01:12 PM
we have a combination lock for the crawling space under our house, with the combination written in big in the chalkboard in the house. But this damn lock is so hard to open that we are not too worried about it.
Muddy
21-09-2009, 01:21 PM
If you really want to hide stuff:

Hide files in JPGs. [VIDEO] (http://www.wimp.com/hidefiles/)
julien_simon
21-09-2009, 01:23 PM
If you really want to hide stuff:

Hide files in JPGs. [VIDEO] (http://www.wimp.com/hidefiles/)

i've seen this one already :sqrolleyes:
I like wimps.
Muddy
21-09-2009, 01:31 PM
Yeah, he has another awesome one on there on how to use Google to download MP3s. Faster and better than Limewire, etc.
julien_simon
21-09-2009, 01:34 PM
Yeah, he has another awesome one on there on how to use Google to download MP3s. Faster and better than Limewire, etc.

haven't seen that one!

I've seen the one where he explained how to find you in one easy step
look on the ground!
Muddy
21-09-2009, 01:44 PM
Why Google is the best way to download MP3s. [VIDEO] (http://wimp.com/goodinfo/)

Note that in the second thing he shows you, the edu/pdf part, he forgot to put a period in between "index.of". That's why it didn't work. But the mp3 part works and with the period so does the edu part.
julien_simon
21-09-2009, 01:45 PM
cool - thx honey
Muddy
21-09-2009, 02:15 PM
You bet baby.
Muddy
21-09-2009, 02:15 PM
I mean, my little cabbage.
julien_simon
21-09-2009, 07:29 PM
I've been away from my wife for almost two weeks. My cabbages are getting bigger and bigger.
Atom
21-09-2009, 07:34 PM
I have to bring the laundry in, brb
ewomack
23-09-2009, 08:56 PM
Cabbages turning blue over there?
iowadawg
23-09-2009, 09:03 PM
I was outside earlier looking west at the vista.

Saw no way to reset any password.
Atom
24-09-2009, 01:18 AM
Blue Lizard Sunscreen
Dermatologist recommended. 3 oz bottles just $6.30.
iowadawg
24-09-2009, 01:27 AM
I don't use no girly stuff on my body.

Either I get the girly on me or nothing.
Atom
24-09-2009, 01:32 AM
I had a cabbage patch doll once.
iowadawg
24-09-2009, 01:36 AM
What, you thought it was food?

Or did you want an ugly girlfriend?
Atom
24-09-2009, 01:47 AM
It was in with a lot of antiques I bought one time from a picker, like new in box, only worth 20 bucks back then. I got $900 for a small German paper mache Halloween lantern with two different devil faces on it, front and back. I paid $100 for the lot.
Atom
24-09-2009, 02:01 AM
Those little lanterns fell out of favor around the early 1900's. They have a wire bail handle, and children would actually carry them around trick or treating with a lit candle burning inside them. They're quite popular among the collectors.