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Getting onto pc when you have forgotten your password
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Hey i wonder if anyone can help, my stepmum has an old computer upstairs that she hasnt used for a while as her monitor broke. she has just got a new monitor and went to load up the pc to find that she has totally forgotten the password, which means she cannot access all her course work which is on the pc. She has tried every password possible but still no joy. Is there anyway at all of getting back onto that computer to access all her work? Cheers
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If it's any version of windows prior to XP, she can just cancel the login screen and it will log her on as a new user. She can then simply search for and delete and files with the extension pwf, restart the machine and login as the original user with no password. (Microsoft never really had much understanding of what constitutes security!).
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