forgotten password

[peter]

i have gotten my computer off someone else, and after
running a number of antiviruses/spyware thingies, upon
restarting, i was prompted for a password. how can i
bypass this without taking my computer apart?

 

[Tony Talmage]

Assuming you have the blue user selection screen, try hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del-Del (that is, Ctrl+Alt+Del, release Del and hit again while continuing to hold Ctrl+Alt); this should get you to a 'standard' login box. Try the 'administrator' account with a blank password, and see if that helps. Also, if there is a username in the box when it first loads, try submitting it with a blank password before you try the administrator thing. Other than that, I would suggest possibly checking out this blurb and the website it mentions.

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i have gotten my computer off someone else, and after
running a number of antiviruses/spyware thingies, upon
restarting, i was prompted for a password. how can i
bypass this without taking my computer apart?

 

[Will Denny]

Please don't post in HTML - all kind of of 'nasties' can be contained in the headers.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Ask the person that you got the PC from - he/she should know the password. Reboot the PC, at the Welcome screen press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice, leave the password blank and press Enter. I won't guarantee that it will work, if it doesn't you're stymied.