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Offline davy51

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password trouble
« on: June 16, 2005, 03:40 »
One of the computers on my network has two user accounts

on one account the password has changed

on the other user account which did not have a password the computer has added a password

I have tried going in through safemode

but i cant get past the passwords at the welcome screen

Im thinking it has been hacked
but not sure cant get in to check anything

any suggestions would be apreciated
Dave

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Offline Sandra

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« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2005, 11:41 »
I came across this program the other day but havent heard of anyone that has actually used it so I dont know how complicated it is to use or how effective itis.
Unfortunately it is rather expensive  :(

http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm

Offline davy51

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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2005, 13:39 »
Quote from: "Sandra"
I came across this program the other day but havent heard of anyone that has actually used it so I dont know how complicated it is to use or how effective itis.
Unfortunately it is rather expensive  :(

http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm







thanks Sandra but i think ill just reinstall windows


at $195 for this program its cheaper to install windows and lose some unimportant information


Thank you for the info though
Dave

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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2005, 14:35 »
Rather than reinstall windows Dave, could you not just delete the user accounts and create new ones.  

I had other 2 user accounts on my pc and deleted them without having to re-install windows.
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2005, 14:51 »
He cant get into either safe mode or normal windows to do that Lona  :(

I have just found this program which looks quite good and a lot cheaper than the other one I mentioned.
It seems that you can make a bootable floppy or cd  and just change it from in a DOS application  :)

http://www.password-changer.com/

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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2005, 16:34 »
thank you sandra ill try this one and see if it works
Dave

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