Laptop Password

[hardy49]

Last year I bought a new laptop for myself and gave my old one to my husband. Now he has got a new camera and wanrs to download his picturesq bqut cannit get into the laptop because he has forgotten the password he chose ! We have tried all the obvious ones we could think of but no use. Does it mean we are going to have to take it to be unlocked or is there another way ?

[Buenchico]

There are ways of bypassing Windows passwords but they're a bit fiddly and they vary depending upon which version of Windows you're using. See here:
https://www.lifewire.com/free-windows-password-recovery-tools-2626179
(I've successfully used Ophcrack several times on laptops that I've bought cheaply at auction)

[hardy49]

Thank you