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Laptop, Forgot My Password.
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Hi, I've forgotten my old laptop password. Does anyone know how I can get into it please.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There are TWO types of password protection that you can apply to a laptop. One protects the machine as a whole (with a BIOS password), while the other protects Windows.
If it's a BIOS password that you're referring to, you'll probably see a screen like this (before) Windows starts to load):
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If it's Windows password that you're referring to, the screen might look more like this:
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Windows passwords are far more commonly used than BIOS ones, so I'll assume that's what you're referring to. Recovering a Windows password is a fairly easy (although rather fiddly) task where the version of Windows is XP, Vista, 7 or 8 and some methods will work with Windows 10.
The usual method is as follows:
1. Go into the laptop's BIOS and check that it's configured to look for an operating system on a USB drive before it looks for one on its hard drive ;
2. On another machine, download and install a program for burning an ISO file to disk ;
3. Download Ophcrack (or similar) as an ISO file ;
4. 'Burn' the file to a USB pen drive ;
5. With the laptop turned off, insert the pen drive into a USB port ;
6 Turn the laptop on. It will then boot up using the operating system on the pen drive, which is actually a version of
Linux. (So you're not using Windows at all) ;
7. Ophcrack can then be run to search for the Windows password.
Instructions for Ophcrack here:
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Alternative software solutions here:
https:/ /www.li fewire. com/fre e-windo ws-pass word-re covery- tools-2 626179
If all that lot leaves you baffled though, you'll need to take the laptop to a repair shop. PC World will charge you £60 for the job but independent shops should be able to provide a cheaper service.
If it's a BIOS password that you're referring to, you'll probably see a screen like this (before) Windows starts to load):
https:/
If it's Windows password that you're referring to, the screen might look more like this:
https:/
Windows passwords are far more commonly used than BIOS ones, so I'll assume that's what you're referring to. Recovering a Windows password is a fairly easy (although rather fiddly) task where the version of Windows is XP, Vista, 7 or 8 and some methods will work with Windows 10.
The usual method is as follows:
1. Go into the laptop's BIOS and check that it's configured to look for an operating system on a USB drive before it looks for one on its hard drive ;
2. On another machine, download and install a program for burning an ISO file to disk ;
3. Download Ophcrack (or similar) as an ISO file ;
4. 'Burn' the file to a USB pen drive ;
5. With the laptop turned off, insert the pen drive into a USB port ;
6 Turn the laptop on. It will then boot up using the operating system on the pen drive, which is actually a version of
Linux. (So you're not using Windows at all) ;
7. Ophcrack can then be run to search for the Windows password.
Instructions for Ophcrack here:
https:/
Alternative software solutions here:
https:/
If all that lot leaves you baffled though, you'll need to take the laptop to a repair shop. PC World will charge you £60 for the job but independent shops should be able to provide a cheaper service.
If you log into your laptop via your Windows account this might help:
https:/ /suppor t.micro soft.co m/en-gb /help/4 028457/ windows -10-res et-your -local- account -passwo rd
However if you use a standalone password (not linked to a Microsoft account), you're going to need a computer technician to do the job for you. (As it's Windows 10, where it's trickier to hack passwords than it used to be with earlier versions of Windows, I suspect that he'll use 'Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor', which simply deletes the password altogether)
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However if you use a standalone password (not linked to a Microsoft account), you're going to need a computer technician to do the job for you. (As it's Windows 10, where it's trickier to hack passwords than it used to be with earlier versions of Windows, I suspect that he'll use 'Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor', which simply deletes the password altogether)
When it comes to Windows password recovery tool,i have a very familiar tool: https:/ /www.wi npwd.co m/
It is very powerful in cracking password for each version of Windows.
It is very powerful in cracking password for each version of Windows.