Disabling a forgotten password(Systems)

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I'm considering resetting my Desk Top by removing the jumper plug labeled
PSWD from the jumper. I'm locked out of of Administrator System because I
don't have the password.My question is....Will doing this have an effect on
my files? And without incrimminating myself with my husband by telling him
that I messed it up is there something else that I could tell him happend to
our computer?

Nana Bunny
 
Are you talking about the BIOS password jumper inside the PC? That will
have no effect on your files. Nor will it have any affect on XP passwords
if that's the Administrator account you're referring to. Perhaps if you
explained better, we could better advise.
 
Nana said:
I'm considering resetting my Desk Top by removing the jumper plug labeled
PSWD from the jumper. I'm locked out of of Administrator System because I
don't have the password.My question is....Will doing this have an effect on
my files? And without incrimminating myself with my husband by telling him
that I messed it up is there something else that I could tell him happend to
our computer?

Nana Bunny
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If you mean you can not get into Windows, then this will not work. A jumper
on the motehrboard will have no impact on the windows password.
 
Nana said:
I'm considering resetting my Desk Top by removing the jumper plug
labeled
PSWD from the jumper. I'm locked out of of Administrator System
because I
don't have the password.My question is....Will doing this have an
effect on
my files? And without incrimminating myself with my husband by telling
him
that I messed it up is there something else that I could tell him
happend to
our computer?

Nana Bunny
Click to expand...


Clearing the CMOS (to reset back to defaults which normally doesn't
enable a BIOS-controlled password on power up) won't do a thing to clear
or reset the passwords managed by the operating system. If your husband
won't provide you with the admin password or will reset your password
for your account then it is likely that it is not considered as shared
property and you aren't supposed to be logging into his computer.
 
We had two user icons that came up when you started the computer to log
onto. One was called (his/hers) it was asigned a password by my husband
who set up our computer. The other was called (Guest).No password was ever
asigned to it

I was plaqying around in (his/her) in Adminstrtor System and the next day
when I started up the computer (his/hers) was gone and
replased with a icon that said (Administrator).I cilcked onto it using our
Password and it doesn't work. I have no problem with logging onto (Guest) but
when I tery to get into Administrator system on (Guest).
It tells me that "Access Denied) I don't have permission.
My husband is out of town and I don't want to get into a argument with him
by telling what I did.I 'm thinking that I ruied our business files. Is this
true? if someone could help I'd really appreciate it.
Nana Bunny
 
Sounds as if you've somehow deleted the "his/her" account - as normally the
Administrator account is hidden unless there are not other accounts (other
than guest) on the system.
As far as your business files, if they were stored under the account
"his/her" in "my documents" and somehow you told the system to delete this
account (or profile), it is very possible all these files are gone - it is
also possible they still exist, but the account (or profile) is orphaned -
only an experience PC technician can tell - but if they are deleted, then an
experienced recovery company may be able to recover most of them - but the
more you use it, the less likely they are recoverable, as the areas where
the file(s) used to reside my get over written.
Your best bet, take the PC to a dependable repair shop (not Best Buy or the
likes) - research, find someone with a good reputation and let them remove
the hard drive and insert it as a slave into a computer with software to
perform recoveries such as these.
Another note, it is just as much your husband's fault as yours, as any
important data files should be backed up to CD, tape, external drive or even
floppy on a regular basis - just in case something happens. I do this
weekly on all the PC's in my household, 2 Workstations, a desktop and
laptop. At most I loose a weeks worth of data. You and your husband need
to seriously look into backup options.

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Nana said:
We had two user icons that came up when you started the computer to
log
onto. One was called (his/hers) it was asigned a password by my
husband
who set up our computer. The other was called (Guest).No password
was ever
asigned to it

I was plaqying around in (his/her) in Adminstrtor System and the next
day
when I started up the computer (his/hers) was gone and
replased with a icon that said (Administrator).I cilcked onto it using
our
Password and it doesn't work. I have no problem with logging onto
(Guest) but
when I tery to get into Administrator system on (Guest).
It tells me that "Access Denied) I don't have permission.
My husband is out of town and I don't want to get into a argument with
him
by telling what I did.I 'm thinking that I ruied our business files.
Is this
true? if someone could help I'd really appreciate it.
Nana Bunny
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The Administrator account is displayed (in the Fisher-Price Welcome
login screen) *if* no other admin-level accounts have been defined.
Once you define another admin-level account (i.e., your "his/hers"
account) then the Administrator account got hidden. The Administrator
account should NEVER be used as normal login account because it is your
backup account in case your normal account's profile gets corrupted or
deleted. In fact, I define an Administrator_Backup account as yet
another backup, and I have my own admin-level account that I use and I
rarely use the Administrator account.

Have you tried a blank password? During setup, the user may end up just
skip entering a password and leave it blank. There are password crack
programs that you can find in a Google search but I don't know if they
might cause harm, especially for the freebie password crackers.

As to whether any files have been lost, that depends on what you were
doing when you were "playing around" on the *business* computer.
Hopefully you or your hubby realizes that if the data is actually
important that it gets backed up. If you don't backup your data then
you have decided that your data is unimportant.

Since you hubby is away, at least you won't have him in your face when
you give him a call. Another course of action to leave the computer
alone and hope the problem is easily recoverable when he returns. You
could end up making the situation much worse and what might've been him
chastizing you for your screwup might actually turn into a full blown
rowe when he finds you screwed up the computer even worse when trying to
fix it. The kids aren't supposed to play with matches, but if they do
and they start a fire then I want them running to me to tell me about
the fire rather than trying to put it out themselves. I don't want them
burning down the house because they were afraid of being chastised for
their screwup. Get a facial, your hair done up, make his favorite
dinner, and get a sexy nightie to reward him on his return and maybe
it'll soften his temper regarding your screwup. Diversion might work.
 
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Thank you for answering my question.So
I will do as advised,Oh by the way vanguard I looked at some of your old
post and you have the personality that is perfect for SFRedbook.com message
board..

Nana Bunny
















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