Vista - Inheriting a password locked computer -- what to do?

A cousin passed away in July. I have inherited her Acer laptop. My problem
is that it is password-protected upon sign in.

I've seen people talking about signing in as an admin and the like, but I
can't get past the opening password screen.

Is there anything I can do to access this computer?

Thanks if you can help.

The best thing to do would to just format the laptop, and do a fresh install of your chosen Operation System.

LSordo wrote:Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There you will find
zip files that will let you create boot floppy disks or bootable CDs
that will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class
operating system.

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:56:33 +1100, "GreenieLeBrun"
<GreenieLeBrun@xxxxxx> wrote:
You could also download and burn to a cd the program Hiren's Boot CD.
It has many, many tools on it that can make life much better. One of
them is a password resetter.

You could try this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ .
Alternatively, as other have suggested you could also remove the hard drive,
attach it to another PC and gain access to the files that way (after taking
ownership, of course) You might like to view this link from my website:
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...p_of_a_fol.htm


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"LSordo" <LSordo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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My twin brother passed away and i got his dell latitude d630 with vista on it, my problem is that he installed a password on it,what can i do?

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:32:50 -0600, BOYDMATEO
<guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
Boot to the recovery disc and return the computer to out-of-the-box
new condition.

My condolences on the loss of your Brother. You might like to take a look at
this site: http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm

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