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login password does not work!!!
Name: marcos14 Date: January 13, 2005 at 11:39:19 Pacific OS: XP HOME CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
On my laptop for some reason the password does not work anymore. I cant login to my system. Does anyone know how i can bypass this step to log in to windows..
Name: BuzzStPoint Date: January 13, 2005 at 12:16:06 Pacific
Reply:
at the log in,
press Control, alt, delete
do that twice.. you'll be at another login.. type administrator and log in.. since it's a dell you may not have that account..
in that case the only other way I know of is to boot with EBCD and remove the password.
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Response Number 2
Name: smithersnz Date: January 13, 2005 at 12:31:30 Pacific
Reply:
I've seen this a few times, and it's not always that simple. When it happened to me, even after i changed the password with a linux boot disc, it didn't log in. I think it's a windows fault, in that it's missing a link between the password and the log-in module. Even repairing windows doesn't work. i had to do a full format. Hopefully the first guy helped, but if not, good luck!
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Response Number 3
Name: BuzzStPoint Date: January 14, 2005 at 07:02:58 Pacific
Reply:
with the EBCD I've never been able to change the password.
But sofar simply erasing the password has always worked.
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Response Number 4
Name: marcos14 Date: January 14, 2005 at 13:11:53 Pacific
Reply:
BuzzStPoint... the laptop is a Sony.. not a dell..
I will try the alt, control, delete. to see what happens.. i will let you know..
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