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Reseting Vista Admin Password from Installation DIsk
I am trying to reset the admin account password that I forgot for an old Vista machine. Because I don't have a password reset disk, I have resorted to attempting to run net user from the command line ...
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Toshiba Satelite laptop not booting
Toshiba Satelite laptop not used for a long time, turned on but did not boot to windows xp. Console light read "HDDPassword=". Son-in-law says he removed battery and pluged in and still got the same ...
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Any good software to help me memorize passwords?
I'm using KeePass(X) and other tools to keep most of my passwords. However, it turns out, there is still about half a dozen passwords I'm using on regular basis that I would prefer to just remember.
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How do I deal with an HP laptop with lost power-on password?
My neighbor has asked me help with his laptop, an HP with lost power-on password. I tried inserting an Ubuntu cd to format the partition, but well... it doesn't even get there. Any ideas?
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Getting into grub loader in Ubuntu Virtual Box machine
I have Ubuntu guest OS installed on Virtual Box on windows. But I have forgotten all passwords for user and root accounts. But when I try to get into grub by pressing escape at startup, nothing ...
