Forgot my pasword

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If you could help me please, I cannot remember my password to get into windows. Do you have any ideas what to do. I just got my laptop fixed after being broken for awhile,I thought i new my password but I guess I changed it and cannot remember it since it's been awhile since I last used it.
 
Robert;
This link may help:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

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Robert Baker said:
If you could help me please, I cannot remember my password to get
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into windows. Do you have any ideas what to do. I just got my laptop
fixed after being broken for awhile,I thought i new my password but I
guess I changed it and cannot remember it since it's been awhile since
I last used it.
 
Robert said:
If you could help me please, I cannot remember my password to get
into windows. Do you have any ideas what to do. I just got my laptop
fixed after being broken for awhile,I thought i new my password but
I guess I changed it and cannot remember it since it's been awhile
since I last used it.
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Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I do have a suggestion for you
and anyone reading this message. Using passwords is fine, but 99.98% of the
time it is more effective at keeping you out of your computer than keeping
anyone else out.

Most of the time those you are trying to keep out are better at getting
in than you are at keeping them out. The best solution is to secure the
computer.
 
Joseph;
Could you please cite the source for that very precise statistic?
"...but 99.98% of the time it is more effective..."
I would be very suprised if it is near that high.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I do
have a suggestion for you
 
Jupiter said:
Joseph;
Could you please cite the source for that very precise statistic?
"...but 99.98% of the time it is more effective..."
I would be very suprised if it is near that high.
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Personal experience of giving professional computer help to about 60
employees.

I was able to get into any of their computes anytime I wanted, so it was
not keeping anyone out and I would say I averaged about once a month helping
someone get back into their machine after they could not remember their
password.

After some reflection I might adjust that to 99.9754%
 
Joseph;
Then education about security and the importance of strong passwords
is the fix, not elimination of passwords which does nothing but reduce
security.
 
Jupiter said:
Joseph;
Then education about security and the importance of strong passwords
is the fix, not elimination of passwords which does nothing but reduce
security.
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The best security is physical security of the computer.

All this concern about password security is wasted on most users. They
don't need protection. No one is going to sneak into most homes to look at
your old email or photos of your kids around the Christmas tree. For those
who do have something to hide, I suggest that they may want to do a lot more
than just a password.

Yea I know some readers will want to secure the computer from others
(generally kids) in the house. Get real, the kids know how to get in. You
are wasting your time. You would be better off putting a lock on the room
it is in.
 
I never disputed the importance of physical security.
However if people lack the education to properly protect and use
passwords, then they also most likely have other security issues.
Home users that lack basic education on computer security often get
viruses, Trojans, spyware and often do not even know it.
If you doubt that remember what Blaster did and continues to do.
Since the patch was available weeks before Blaster came as well as
firewalls, Blaster should have been a non event.
The physical security of the computer does nothing to protect the
computer from these type of invaders.

Physical security is only one aspect of a good layered security plan.
But physical security alone is a disaster in the works even for a home
user.
 
Jupiter said:
I never disputed the importance of physical security.
However if people lack the education to properly protect and use
passwords, then they also most likely have other security issues.
Home users that lack basic education on computer security often get
viruses, Trojans, spyware and often do not even know it.
If you doubt that remember what Blaster did and continues to do.
Since the patch was available weeks before Blaster came as well as
firewalls, Blaster should have been a non event.
The physical security of the computer does nothing to protect the
computer from these type of invaders.
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I really don't think a password is going to stop a virus ;-)
Physical security is only one aspect of a good layered security plan.
But physical security alone is a disaster in the works even for a home
user.
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You are right when you are talking about someone who needs that kind of
protection. Most people don't need that kind of protection. The computer
told them to set a password so they set one. They never gave any thought as
to why they should or should not have one. For most users it is simply one
more thing to go wrong and offers protection only from a non-existent
threat.
 
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