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    OT: How to crack user passwords in XP Home

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by gravitar, Sep 25, 2007.

  1. gravitar

    gravitar Notebook Deity

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    A friend of my wife decided that because she see so many noteboks around our house, that I must be the notebook god :) I tried to convince her that I don't know much, but she wouldn't give up. Anyway, she handed me a dell inspiron b120 notebook. it has xp home on it. it has three user accounts set up and a guest account. her screwball kid messed with the paswords and now can't remember what they are. i can log in under guest but not the others. she would like to know if there's a way to discover or remove the passwords. what do you guys think?
     
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    Outrigger SupaStar Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    I do not believe there is a way around this. You might need to reinstall windows to factory default. Others can correct me if I'm wrong about this.
     
    Outrigger, Sep 25, 2007
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  3. vespoli

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    I'm sorry, but regardless of reason, we do not allow discussion of breaking passwords.

    I will give you a tip, though: there is a way to recover the passwords; look elsewhere to find it.
     
    vespoli, Sep 25, 2007
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