Bypass a password help!

Browntoa

this will take a few days (72 hours) but will do it for free, quicker if you pay

Try now risk free
You only need to pay for the service if you want priority access and only once we have demonstrated your passwords are recoverable

http://www.loginrecovery.com/

you will need the CD version as I suspect the laptop has no floppy drive

you will need to use F2 to change the boot order to CD drive first, then put the CD in and follow the instructions

Browntoa

Login Recovery is a service to reveal user names and recover passwords for Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista. As long as you have physical access to the computer, your passwords can be recovered
By following three simple steps, 98.5% of passwords are recovered in less than ten minutes. This service does not overwrite passwords, does not write anything to the hard drive and does not alter the computer in any way, it simply reveals your passwords.
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chilli_dog

did the laptop come with any recovery dvd's or anything like that?

You might be able to restore your lappy to new but it may wipe out any personal info on it

System

Don't bother with the brute force method used by loginrecovery - if he was really nasty and made the password long (>10 chars) and random then it could take hours or even days to crack it
Download the CD image from http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ and use it to change the password. I have no connection with the guy but have used his CD & floppy in both personal and commercial situations since the days of NT4.

You will not lose anything on your PC.

superscaper

And for future reference (although I'm sure you'll do this now anyway) remember to backup physically off the the laptop. I usually give that advice with hard drive failure in mind but I suppose it equally applies to spiteful ex's.

skylight

Righto.

Loginrecovery - I burnt the info to a disc and went to F2 to change the boot sequence, but it just then came up that there was nothing bootable, so changed it back.

and the home.eunrt one, I don't actually understand his website.:o



I have lots to do today, so need to go and tidy up and do some deep breathing stuff. Then I'll be back!

Discodave

So if your Ex has pasworded the PC, how are you posting on here

If you can, try this (Ophcrack)
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

click download n follow instrustions

weegie.geek

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ is a handy cd to have around.

It's got the prog !!!!!! linked to on it.

http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/ubcd/ubcd411.iso is a direct link to the CD image.

You can burn the CD image with http://www.imgburn.com/

Failing all that, and this is a last resort because it's a pain in the !!!!, you could whip out the hard drive and plug it into another pc to recover your coursework.

chilli_dog

you beat me to it discodave,

could not remember the name of the program, thought it was called orphues, kept coming up with an opera in google!!!

ophcrack should do it, found my admin password in my work laptop,

Donnie

charlotte664 wrote: »

Righto.

Loginrecovery - I burnt the info to a disc and went to F2 to change the boot sequence, but it just then came up that there was nothing bootable, so changed it back.

and the home.eunrt one, I don't actually understand his website.:o



I have lots to do today, so need to go and tidy up and do some deep breathing stuff. Then I'll be back!

Could it be that you burnt the image as Data, rather than selecting 'Burn Image to CD'?