Locked Out Of Computer!
Hello, good folks. I have an older Toshiba laptop, satellite series, running XP. I haven't used it in about 5 months due to a medical sitution. I reinstalled the operating system earlier this year an...
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mr. ed wrote:Robert78121 wrote:
The Windows password is one of the easiest to reset. It uses very poor encryption that is very easily cracked. A quick Google search turned up this website with several options:
Windows Password Recovery
BTW, you should really consider upgrading to Windows 7.
Thank you, Robert.I tried downloading and installing one of those free password retrievers and I get a dialogue box that says, "installation files are missing". i'm going to try again, using a different browser (IE instead of Chrome)and see what happens.
I'm confused, you say you can't get into the computer but you tried to install a password cracking tool?
Look at the link Robert provided. The tools listed there are used on bootable CDs or USB sticks. They don't get installed in Windows.
