Forgotten Password

[ballon]

Help.

In the vain attemt to make my old laptop secure from my children, I changed the windows password and have promptly forgotten it There are no other users on it nor is the guest account operative.

Is there any way round this.

Very p****d off with myself

[roadsweeper]

What version of Windows are you using?

The good news is that you should be able to remove the Windows password easily. The only downside to this is that if you have set up any encrypted folders then you will lose access to them. If you do have any encrypted folders then you'll need the password cracking which takes a longer and is often a service charged for by third parties.

I have emailed you a link to the password removal utility we use for NT, 2000 and XP as I don't want to post information like this for public viewing. Please note that this is hardly a 'standard' operation so there are no guarantees but I have used it without a problem. I would recommend getting someone who is reasonably skilled with computers as you will need to create a floppy, boot from it and then operate from the command line.

[ballon]

Many thanks will have a go when I get home

[Jinx]

Did you password the Administrator account? If not boot up into safe mode and go in as the admin (assuming XP) . You should then be able to create a new account to at least use the PC.