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mr__ed
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Nov 21, 2014

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 and it's been running virtually as good as new. The problem is I forgot the password used to get onto the system. The original password (before I reinstalled th OS) doesn't work, so I imagine I must have changed it again. I may have written it down in the instruction manual but I'm wheelchair bound at this time and can't easily enter my RV. I've tried entering various passwords that I've used in the past but the machine shuts down after the third try. On a whim,I've also tried entering sAFE MODE, BUT REPEATEDLY hittingF8 WHILE BOOTING UP HAS NO EFFECT. IT JUST REVERTS BACK TO THE "eNTER pASSWORD" BOX. i'm guessing I may have to reintall the OS. Any ideas? Thanks.

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