XP password problem
Sunday, November 30, 2003 by kona0197 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
My Uncle locked himself out his laptop. He forgot his password.
Is there a way around this?
I told him he might have to reinstall XP but he has to much stuff he wants to save.
we tried booting up with a boot disk but no access to C:
Is there a way around this?
I told him he might have to reinstall XP but he has to much stuff he wants to save.
we tried booting up with a boot disk but no access to C:
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MrGupps
Reply #22 Sunday, November 30, 2003 10:19 PM
i really wouldn't suggest that, cause once i was booting up my computer and the power went out, and then every time i turned on my computer it would go to the welcome screen and immediately restart, and safe mode didn't even work. I had to reformat my hard drive
Reply #22 Sunday, November 30, 2003 10:19 PM
i really wouldn't suggest that, cause once i was booting up my computer and the power went out, and then every time i turned on my computer it would go to the welcome screen and immediately restart, and safe mode didn't even work. I had to reformat my hard drive
Koasati
Reply #24 Monday, December 1, 2003 9:00 AM
Reply #24 Monday, December 1, 2003 9:00 AM
| My guess is someone got through my firewall(XP's Default one) |
XP's firewall is as useless as a chocolate teapot 
.......... may I suggest Sygate Personal Firewall (free for personal use) http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
IPlural
Reply #25 Monday, December 1, 2003 9:38 AM
Reply #25 Monday, December 1, 2003 9:38 AM
set the BIO to demand a password when booting...
They will have to either flash from a boot disk (if you have the newest version BIO flashed already it will not allow them to do it) or remove the cover and be totally obvious about what they are doing...
They will have to either flash from a boot disk (if you have the newest version BIO flashed already it will not allow them to do it) or remove the cover and be totally obvious about what they are doing...
IPlural
Reply #26 Monday, December 1, 2003 10:02 AM
Reply #26 Monday, December 1, 2003 10:02 AM
Oh, heck, as Koasati saids, XP's personal Firewall leave more than a little to be desired. SyGate has been around for a while and does a very good job of it.
Something people want to keep in mind about the updates also is this, Microsoft is now putting IPv6 out there for download. This version allows someone to tunnel through NAT boxes which is as stupid as I figure anyone can get when designing a protocol. Yes it is useful I suppose for VPN and such, but it takes a solid network protection device and punches a hoel through it. I would suggest no one update to it for a while until they figure out all the holes they have added to the stack. I do run it, but I have a bit different setup here and I only run it on one machine and that is to play around with it...
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
you create a Linux Bootdisk that allows you in to do the deeds needed to
get into the system when rebooting into NT... yes XP *is* NT
if you haven't been able to get in, I hope this works for you, follow the directions and all should be fine...
Something people want to keep in mind about the updates also is this, Microsoft is now putting IPv6 out there for download. This version allows someone to tunnel through NAT boxes which is as stupid as I figure anyone can get when designing a protocol. Yes it is useful I suppose for VPN and such, but it takes a solid network protection device and punches a hoel through it. I would suggest no one update to it for a while until they figure out all the holes they have added to the stack. I do run it, but I have a bit different setup here and I only run it on one machine and that is to play around with it...
| Kona |
you create a Linux Bootdisk that allows you in to do the deeds needed to
get into the system when rebooting into NT... yes XP *is* NT
if you haven't been able to get in, I hope this works for you, follow the directions and all should be fine...
IPlural
Reply #27 Monday, December 1, 2003 10:03 AM
... I need to stay away from computers for a bit, my mine is working in reverse...
or at least my mouse clicks are
Reply #27 Monday, December 1, 2003 10:03 AM
... I need to stay away from computers for a bit, my mine is working in reverse...or at least my mouse clicks are
elvee
Reply #28 Monday, December 1, 2003 4:46 PM
Thats what I am using this time
Reply #28 Monday, December 1, 2003 4:46 PM
| may I suggest Sygate Personal Firewall (free for personal use) |
Thats what I am using this time
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Reply #21 Sunday, November 30, 2003 10:17 PM