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windows 95 screensaver password?

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by jtucker9

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I have a client that uses windows 95 he forgot his screensaver password. Is there a way to put in a new password without knowing the old one? I have beat my head on the walls with this.

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by highlander718

You need to restart the PC and go to desktop properties-> screen saver and change the password. You don't have to know the previous one to do that.

by jtucker9

I tried this and in windows 98 it worked but in windows 95 it keeps asking for the old password before I can change to the new password

by jereg

Go into the system.ini file. Look for the screensaver password value. delete those entries. Start up the PC again and enter a new password.

by jtucker9

This helped me some but for some reason It didi not do anything with the password just the screen saver.

by peter johnstone

I have a small program that will show the screen saver password in my "Admin Toolkit", if you need it drop me an e-mail and will send it to you.
Regards,
PJ

by jtucker9

I would like to try out the program that you have could you send it to me. Thanks

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