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by dominguezea

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I'm having problem with my OS windows XP yesterday I was trying to log on and I got a blue screen with a message that my OS is lockout for protection. Now I try to use my resource cd and try to repaired but it was asking me for my Admin password and I forgot! is there a way I can fix that problem in DOS and what will be the commands to fix that problem....Thank you!!!

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by hal 9000

Pickup that Admin Password from your safe storage area.

Failing that blow away the entire contents of the HDD and reload from scratch after formatting the HDD and then you can restore from your most recent full backup and any Incremental that you have done since then. That will get you back to the same level as your last Incremental Backup and then you'll have to go about trying to rebuild and lost data.

Failing that you can remove the HDD fit a new one and load Windows onto that and then use the old one to recover your data from.

At the very least you'll need to take Ownership of the Files and if you used any form of Encryption you'll need to save the encryption keys off the old HDD so that they can be used to return your data from rubbish to readable stuff.

It would be much easier to just go to your [b]Safe Storage Area[/b] and pick up the folder with the passwords in it though.

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by mickie007

I am locked out of Windows XP. Don't know how or why. is there a way to get in thru DOS and what are the commands? This is so wierd. I started it up and a box showed up asking me for a password. I don't have one and never have. I can't get on my computer. Please help
Thank,
Mickie007

by thumbsup2

Obviously not, or you wouldn't have just asked the same question that it answered.

by mickie007

Yes, I did read it. If I could I would. I don't have a disc. I'm just trying to get into the computer that somehow I got locked out of. Thanks though.

by thumbsup2

The point is..... there is no legal way to get into a computer that is password protected and none of us will help anyone do something illegal, imorral or unethical. Sure, there are lots of ways to crack a password. But you won't find help from any of us to do it.

Basically, if you did not create a password recovery disk which contains your password and you can't remember it, you're scr@wed!

Accept your punishment, wipe the drive with a recovery disk from the manufacturer (buy one if you have to), loose everything you had so carefully protected with "your password" and get on with life.

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by mickie007

Not sure how we got here! I wasn't asking and wouldn't, for anyone to do anything illegal. I'm in Law enforcement. This computer NEVER had password protection. So, pull your head out of your pompass ass. I was asking for help not a lecture. Thanks, don't bother with a reply.

by tig2

Call your manufacturer. They should be able to help you with this. Each are different and will have different preferred methods.

What Thumbs was trying to say is that there is an ethics issue with password answers. As you are in law enforcement, I know that you would prefer it that way- no one is unwittingly helping criminals to access the laptop that they just stole!

You didn't specify if this was a home or work computer. Perhaps asking family members or your sys admin will get you the answer you need.

Good luck!

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