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Old 04-25-2008   #1 (permalink)
ladytj318


 
 

password retrieval

i recently purchased a acer laptop from a private party, it has windows vista
basic on it well i do not know very much about the program but anyways i put
my own password on it and now i cant get past the sign on screen and i tried
the f2 change and or remove passwords i just disabled all passwords and it
still wont let me in CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME ?

THANK YOU

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Old 04-26-2008   #2 (permalink)


Home premium 32 bit, SP1
 
 

Re: password retrieval

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by ladytj318 View Post
i recently purchased a acer laptop from a private party, it has windows vista
basic on it well i do not know very much about the program but anyways i put
my own password on it and now i cant get past the sign on screen and i tried
the f2 change and or remove passwords i just disabled all passwords and it
still wont let me in CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME ?

THANK YOU
Hello ladytj318,
First ,can you get hold of the "private party" and ask for the password that was in use ?
Secondly, " I can't get past the sign on screen". What does the screen say ?
Thirdly, exactly how did you remove all passwords ?
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