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Nov 1st, 2009, 11:45 AM
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Channel Manager Science & Technology
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Someone i know wants to ask the following question to all you helpful guys out there:
"i forgot my adminsitrator password and cant get access to my laptop, when asked to reset password, that's where the glitch is my CD drive no longer works, what to do???"
Can any of you delightful C&IT contributors help? 
"I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake."
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Nov 1st, 2009, 12:54 PM
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Loaded question
what's the issue here? Forgotten pass or cd rom not working
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Nov 1st, 2009, 12:56 PM
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format c: /q
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Nov 1st, 2009, 02:04 PM
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Reinstall windows in a diff folder, back up the data and rebuild the whole PC. 
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man!
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Nov 1st, 2009, 02:08 PM
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How about she just buy a new PC?
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Nov 1st, 2009, 02:16 PM
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Musst Malanng (UT)
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just get an external USB CD/DVD drive and use the system rescue CD - details here
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Nov 2nd, 2009, 01:32 PM
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^ ditto... or even few of the apps are available which can be installed in a USB Flash drive, and then you can boot the system through a USB flash, that can reset the password... I need to google it for you,,, but I m positive its out there on the internet.
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Nov 2nd, 2009, 03:21 PM
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What OS?
He was trying to buy more sand for his hour glass.
I wasn't selling any.
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Nov 2nd, 2009, 03:42 PM
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Billu Barber
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aaho
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ditto.
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Nov 2nd, 2009, 03:58 PM
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Microsoft Ditto 2.0 ?
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Nov 2nd, 2009, 05:13 PM
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windows vista.
coolbreeze, i'd be greatful if you could source me the info. on how i go about doing that.
Lucid, i'll look into that, its confusing me this moment.
...baat jisame, pyaar to hai, zehar bhi hai.
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Nov 2nd, 2009, 05:32 PM
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^^ Try this:
Active@ Password Changer
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Nov 2nd, 2009, 07:03 PM
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Google Peter Nordahl
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Nov 5th, 2009, 10:46 AM
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Nov 6th, 2009, 05:27 PM
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can't do any off that, as once again i get prompted for admin password, thus changes cannot be made. Uff!
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Nov 6th, 2009, 05:45 PM
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^^ not even Active@ Password Changer.. because I have used it many times.. and worked great.
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Nov 6th, 2009, 11:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Orpheus
can't do any off that, as once again i get prompted for admin password, thus changes cannot be made. Uff!
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is your hard disk encrypted with somethign like POintSec
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Nov 7th, 2009, 02:35 AM
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Banned
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reboot it
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Nov 12th, 2009, 08:50 AM
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i did it, i was typing in random passwords i've used before and somehow its worked.
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