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Help I recently changed my password on my Vista laptop and now its not recognising it!!! I cant log on!!!! How can I get around this with out wiping out all my files on the machine I have too much too loose on the machine!!! Help!!!...


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Old 4th Mar 2009, 04:27
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Help I recently changed my password on my Vista laptop and now its not recognising it!!! I cant log on!!!! How can I get around this with out wiping out all my files on the machine I have too much too loose on the machine!!!

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Old 4th Mar 2009, 04:59
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http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/
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Old 4th Mar 2009, 05:16
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Thanks for this but how do I do it, sorry a bit of an IT numpty here!!!
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Old 4th Mar 2009, 05:18
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Download the Live CD, burn it, boot from it and let it do it's stuff.
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Old 4th Mar 2009, 13:03
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Isn't there also a built in way to bypass the password. I know there is for XP as I have had to use it before however not sure about Vista
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Old 4th Mar 2009, 14:00
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Nope, not on Vista
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Old 4th Mar 2009, 15:09
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the only built in thing for vista is an option to make a cd in case of an event you forget your password..
there is other ways to recover a password but Dave Hybrid recommended is one of the easy options
burn it with magic iso ( magic iso is free to download a google search will bring it up)
burn at a low speed like 10x
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This has worked on OS's up to Vista ..... it may work in Vista too, but I cant say I have tried it yet .... might be worth a try ... nothing to lose :

1. Reboot Windows in Safe Mode.
2. Click Start
3. In the Start Search box, type the following command and then click OK: control userpasswords2
4. Click the user account that you forgot the password for, and then click Reset Password.
5. Type a new password in both the New password and the Confirm new password boxes, and then click OK.
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Old 4th Mar 2009, 17:36
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I'm not sure if Vista has a safe mode like that? I have never tried it but I've never seen that option...Maybe my vista is really messed.
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yes, vista does have safe mode, every windows of the modern day does
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