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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Lost Windows Password

By Margaret Kirby


Perhaps this has happened to you. You attempt to log on to a PC and you cannot get in. No matter how hard you try you cannot remember the proper phrase or numbers that will get you in. This can happen to anyone and when it does you need a way to log in and use the computer. Here are 5 tips to recover your lost Windows password that are not difficult to employ.

In many cases, we tend to forget the passwords that have been set especially, if you have been resetting your passwords every now and then for security reasons or if you have been using a complicated password.

Restore the System - When problems develop and you cannot find a solution, you may wish you could go back in time and change things. Although time travel has yet to be perfected, the next best thing is to use "System Restore". This can take you back to a time before you changed the log in information. As long as you remember the old log in info, you can use this method.

Trying challenging to recall

There are also instances in workplace where the employees are required to lock the PC's. So in case if an employee resigned the job, and then the computer that has been used by the employee locked, you may need the windows password recovery application. With the help of this tool, you can easily recover the valuable data that has been stored on the locked computer.

Click make use of your password reset disk. The Password Reset Wizard starts. The Password Reset Wizard means that you can develop a new password on your user account. Then click Next. Insert newly created password reset disk into drive A, and click Next. Type a different password inside the Type a different password box, after which it look at the password.

From the Type a different password hint box, type a hint to remind you of passwords when you your investment new password. Click Next, and then click Finish. The Password Reset Wizard quits, and you also come back to the Windows XP logon screen.

Reinstall the Operating System - This is definitely a "last resort" option and should only be considered when all else fails. You can reinstall the system and start all over. This may be a good option if you are thinking of upgrading or having a lot of trouble with your current system. Hopefully you will find these 5 tips to recover your lost Windows password helpful. Do not forget after you fix things, make sure you take action to prevent it from ever happening again.




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