Security
I have an old Toshiba Satellite 205CDS Laptop and I don't remember the password...it's been along time since it's been used...What do I do folks...I need to use it and I'm lost in Ideas!
Please Help!
Keywizz...
Scenerio 1:)
Well, it depends on what password your referring to. for instance is this in the BIOS? If thats the case then you could clear the CMOS, by cracking open the case removing the battery and then hitting the power (while the battery and the power cord are REMOVED, in order to clear any power held by the capacitors) then wait 5 mins and then put the battery back in. and Viola! your done.
Scenerio 2:)
Ok so most likely the password you "lost" is the windows logon. If you are in windows 98/XP there is a utility that will allow you to boot into a Windows like environment. The utility is called ERD commander and what it does is allows you to go into a windows like setting. It allows you do get into "dead" volumes. Basically it will get you into windows so you can diagnose, or mitigate any problems you are having, in this case you could use it to back up data to disk and then you can format and restore the partition. 199 bucks is what it costs, so most likely whatever is on there probably isn't worth 200 bucks, so you might want to consider a complete format and reinstall of win9x/XP. hope that helps
by hbchad
if it is a windows password, try booting to dos then go to your windows directory and type
dir /p *.pwl
this will show you the password files stored on the computer. it's been a while since i've used win9x but If the login name is john doe then i believe the password file will be named johndoe.pwl or possibly john doe.pwl if not, then it should be login.pwl. regardless, rename any pwl file you think might have the password in it to .old (use "ren johndoe.pwl johndoe.old"). then, on restart, when prompted for a password just enter what you want to use and windows will prompt you to retype the password for confirmation and that will set whatever you enter as the new password.
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