Passwords are strings of characters that grant access to a computer, terminal, interface or application. Windows related questions What can I do if I forget my Windows password? Resetting the Windows administrator password Turning off automatic Windows 7 login Making Windows forget a network ...
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How to prompt user for a password to use an application in Mac?
Is there a way to prompt the user for a password when he or she tries to open a given application? And is there a way to set that to something different than the user account password? I want it to ...
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How to change password for virtual Windows 7 installed using VMWare?
I run a virtual Windows 7 on host OS Mac OS X 10.6.8 using VMWare Fusion 3.1.3. How to change password for Windows 7?
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Does the BIOS encrypt the password?
Does the BIOS encrypt the password?
If not, can it be found with physical access?
If yes, which algorithm does it use?
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SSH password not working from iPhone to laptop
I recently jailbroke my iPhone 4, running iOS 5.1, and am trying to recover some files that were deleted. I am new to SSH and am currently using Cygwin.
The issue I'm having is that when I try to to ...
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How can I set a git config item as a function?
I'm trying to set up the gist gem, but I don't want to have my GitHub password stored as an environment variable or git config item. The README from the GitHub repo explains,
You can also define ...
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When did I set the administrator password for windows 7?
I've just installed a windows 7 professional x64 [on my netbook], and started a program installer as a normal user (edit: whose account type is admin), that should have been started as administrator.
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Creating an Internal Password Reset Page for VPN Users
I have been tasked with looking into how to accomplish this. Can anyone offer advice on how to accomplish this? It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Just a simple page with the following fields
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View Windows Server 2008 password
I reinstalled my PC and lost the credentials to a remote server. The remote username and password that I have don't work anymore.
What I have is a recovery console via VNC where I can login into a ...
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Pdf Password Protection
I am trying to password Protect Mass Pdf Collection, One password Per Pdf File. But how can i keep track of Password. I want to set a random and unique pass to every file.
And the password will be in ...
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Store my password, and don't give it back to me for a certain time [closed]
I have exams and I have to study very much. But, there are some web applications and social network sites that take too much time of mine.
I need an application (preferred a web application, a local ...
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Change the password Windows 7 has stored for a wireless network
I have a new laptop which I used to connect to the guest network in our house. I typed in the wrong password at login and now I cannot type in the correct one. How can I clear or change the password ...
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Change saved wireless password in background
I have done a lot of searching and I can't get this question answered.
I'm using debian linux. I can switch the network manager if this makes it easier.
Is there a local file where the password to ...
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Google restrict services to application-specific passwords [migrated]
Is there no way to restrict services for Google's application-specific passwords? Those passwords have almost full access to your account. It seems like design flaw. Eg. if I generate generate a ...
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Where to store security credentials (aka passwords) for special cron jobs?
I want to write a cron job that authenticates for a certain mail account. As there are multiple ways in giving the script those credentails: config file, hardcoded in script, arguments in cronjob ...
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Password Prompt For Wifi Connections in Linux
I have been using a few flavors of Linux for a while now.But,i Still haven't figured out how to turn off the repetitive password prompt for Connecting to a Wifi network.Is there an automated way , as ...
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Protecting NTFS(D: E: F:) partition with password in Windows xp,vista,seven
I want to protect my Windows XP partion (e.g D: drive or E: drive) with password.
I don't want to that my whole system drive get encrypted . i know that is possible with TrueCrypt. It encrypt whole ...
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Password protect USB flashdrive
I have 16 GB USB flash drive and using it for multiple purposes:
As bootable Windows & Linux installation packages carriage (with http://www.sarducd.it)
As PortableApps carriage
What I need ...
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Windows: How can I reproduce exactly the same blank-password security but with non-blank password?
Having read in Set a Blank Password in Windows XP To Protect the Computer from Internet Attacks :
"Using a blank password (or no password at all) makes your computer
more secure because Windows ...
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How safe is the password manager in browsers?
For example, Opera has a "wand" feature that remembers user names and password you typed across various sites.
Let's say you get a trojan, which steals data from your PC. Can the trojan decrypt ...
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Are the losses of resetting a Windows password reversible?
In Windowses (XP SP3, Windows 7, et al), setting Windows' login/account/user password by:
Run --> Compmgmt.msc --> Local Users and Groups --> Users --> Right Click on a user in right panel ...
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Western Digital Passport Unlock locks again when it sleeps
My Western Digital Passport is password protected and whenever the drive goes back to sleep (or after a unknown period of time) the drive is locked again; as in I need to enter the password again to ...
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Recovering a password from a multi-archive RAR
I have a rar archive which consists of many parts. I tried to run rarcrack on several parts but it seems that it does not work. I get usually 2-3 character password - a different password for each ...
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John the ripper - not showing cracked passwords
I am using jtr to perform an audit on our admin passwords.
It's cracked a few which showed on the screen, however when I try and get them to show again with the --show command, it says it hasn't done ...
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How to reduce/remove the delay until password dialog shows up after restoring
When I lock my Macbook (CTRL+Shift+Eject) the screen blacks out and the LED goes on.
When I hit enter then, the LED fades out slowly and after that I can enter my password.
Is the fading time ...
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HowTo for using key files with Truecrypt
Ever since I've seen the option to use a key file I was wondering what are good criteria to select or create a key file that will be used for a Truecrypt container?
Can I simply learn the preamble of ...
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Giving access to a folder to a specific user in Windows 7
I have at my parents' house a Windows 7 machine, with 2 users - "admin" which only I have the password to, and "HomeUser" which doesn't have a password, and which my parents use to log into Windows.
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how to retrive data from user account having administrator power?
Some month ago, I installed XP in my system and made two user accounts which one has administrator power and another has normal user. After that I didn't used the system for more than month. In after ...
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How safe are passwords stored on my computer? [closed]
Specifically I am referring to Internet Explorer, and how it asks you to remember passwords for sites. I usually click 'no' because I don't want my family members messing around on my accounts, but ...
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How do I backup (from Vista Home Premium) to a FAT32 HDD connected to a wireless router with no user account or password set?
I have a Seagate expansion 2TB HDD which I've managed to get working on my wireless router (thanks to fat32format) however I haven't managed to set my backup to work with it.
Vist Home Premium ...
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My gmail password hacked in Firefox?
While writing a message using Firefox suddenly my gmail login details, including password, were pasted into the body of my message at the current cursor position and in the browser's find field (whole ...
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is it possible for two files in a rar to have different passwords?
I have a password-protected rar file with a few text files in it that are not hidden (you can enter the rar file and see its content), i know the password, I edited one text file and it asked me to ...
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Is the linux md5 password hashing considered secure?
On my RHEL6 linux is configured to use MD5 password hashing is the linux usage of MD5 for password hashing considered secure?
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Removing BIOS password from Toshiba laptop [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Bypass BIOS password set by faulty Toshiba firmware on Satellite A55-S1065 laptop?
How can I remove the BIOS password from a Toshiba Satellite Pro A300-10p, Model No. ...
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Can I set my Windows to boot without stop on password verification even having a user password?
There is some way to set Windows Seven to boot-up without asking for password(on password check phase) even if I have a password set on my account?
What I wan't to do with it is boot up without ...
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ssh Password-less login to multiple machines when you already have one
I'm a little bit confused about setting up a password-less login for multiple machines to begin with, but I think I could do it from scratch. The problem is I already have it set up for one machine ...
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Protect the settings page in Chrome
Is there any way to protect with password the settings page in Google Chrome? Exactly, the extensions page.
I do not want anyone in my household except me has access to the settings. The only ...
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Restoring new MacBook Pro to factory settings
I was given a MacBook Pro at work, but no disks or manuels. I made a huge error by using the migration assistant from my home PC. Now when the MacBook pro comes on, it is asking for a password that I ...
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Altering a base password for different sites
With the big amount of websites that require a registration or provide a benefit for registering, it is impossible to device and remember a unique password for every account we have. A possible ...
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Making it Easier for Older Users to Login to Multiple Accounts
I currently do consulting for a small business that has multiple applications that they need to login too.
I'm trying to get them to start using Basecamp and Zendesk to make all of our lives easier ...
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Windows 7 user login fails even with correct password
Booted up my Windows 7 partition today and attempted to login per usual. Denied access due to incorrect password failure, despite having entered the password I have been using for the past three ...
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Use su to switch to a local (mutually-trusted) user, without a password?
I'm curious if there is a way to enable one user to login (via su) into another user, without needing to know that users password. For instance, if I'm logged in as user1, I would like to give user2 ...
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Incorrect password for Linux user
I am unable to log into a regular user account using a password, so I first change the password to something I know...
As root,
passwd theUser
put in the password: thepassword
it states it ...
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Access to an old 2.5" IDE laptop hard drive with ATAPI password
I have an old 2.5" IDE hard drive taking off Acer Ferrari 4000. I set a password for the hard-drive in BIOS. Laptop broke now I have only the hard drive - I remember the password.
Yet, I tried ...
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Login with linux FTP username and password
What's the command for logging in with FTP all with one line?
ftp username:password@my.domain.com
says,
Password required for username:password
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Palindrome passwords disallowed—why?
I tried to change a Linux password to "sitonapotatopanotis" and got this error: BAD PASSWORD: is a palindrome
Why does this rule exist?
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Can you fully remove a user's (administrator's) password in Windows 7?
I've recently sent my computer to be repaired and I am almost certain that I set a password to my account - the only account on the system.
After the repair has been completed I've found out that my ...
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Proper password safety? [closed]
What's the solution to using safe passwords on numerous logins?
Using a dynamic password each time generally means you will need to store them somewhere and wouldn't be able to log into things ...
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Key was mapped but key is in password, can't login into Windows
I used a key macro program, I don't recall the name of it, but I ended up mapping one of the keys 'A' to something else, and 'A' is in my password so now i can't even log into Windows, I've tried ...
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Windows 7 password rejected after motherboard replacement
I just replaced the motherboard of my HP desktop (with the exact same model).
Problem is, Windows 7 doesn't accept my previous passwords (admin, user). I then used a bootable DVD for password ...
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Can't boot into Phoenix BIOS, system just boots after entering password
I have a Fujitsu Siemens notebook (Model: M9400) that has the BIOS currently set to Quick Boot . I want to switch this off to be able to boot from a CD. (And I just want my BIOS access back.
The ...
