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Password lock out
  1. 03 Mar 2008 #1


    vickie1978 Guest

    Password lock out

    I recently bought a new Sony Vaio laptop running Vista Home Premium, I used
    the Easy Transfer to move across from my old XP PC & now I cannot log into
    the laptop. Before transferring I had set up a password on the laptop, then
    after I used the Easy Transfer it was still asking for a password however it
    will not accept the password I set up on the laptop & there was never any
    password set up on the XP PC. So now I have a laptop I can't even get into.
    Please help!



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  2. 03 Mar 2008 #2
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    Re: Password lock out

    Quote Originally Posted by vickie1978 View Post
    I recently bought a new Sony Vaio laptop running Vista Home Premium, I used
    the Easy Transfer to move across from my old XP PC & now I cannot log into
    the laptop. Before transferring I had set up a password on the laptop, then
    after I used the Easy Transfer it was still asking for a password however it
    will not accept the password I set up on the laptop & there was never any
    password set up on the XP PC. So now I have a laptop I can't even get into.
    Please help!
    Hi Vickie,

    This will show you how to reset the password so that you can gain access again. You will probably have to use Method Three in your case.

    Reset User Account Password

    Hope this helps you,
    Shawn

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  3. 03 Mar 2008 #3


    John Barnes Guest

    Re: Password lock out

    If you had no password set, hitting enter with an empty password field
    usually will work

    "vickie1978" <vickie1978@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:82EF9C53-85B9-4FA7-A045-2D946B20EBE1@xxxxxx

    >I recently bought a new Sony Vaio laptop running Vista Home Premium, I used
    > the Easy Transfer to move across from my old XP PC & now I cannot log into
    > the laptop. Before transferring I had set up a password on the laptop,
    > then
    > after I used the Easy Transfer it was still asking for a password however
    > it
    > will not accept the password I set up on the laptop & there was never any
    > password set up on the XP PC. So now I have a laptop I can't even get
    > into.
    > Please help!

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