[SEL] O.T. O.T. Need Computer Help

[curt at rustyiron.com]

Paul,
I have had success a few times mucking around in regedit and finding
passwords. Mind you there are a hell of a lot of files to look thru, but
it can be done.
Just be darned careful, because one space or accidental deletion in the
registry can FUBAR a computer.
Curt H


> Hi,  You have to keep in mind that the point of the whole
> Microsoft  Windows operating system was to make the personal computer
> possable to the masses and so it must be more user friendly.  So the more
> computer illiterates you have using, the easier it is for them to mess
> things up. And yes I include myself in the arena of computer
> illiterates.  Just because we can use email, google porn or sell on Ebay
> does not mean we know a whip about computers and the operating systems. So
> you have to make it way easier to correct their mistakes because there is
> not enough truely "system" or "hardware" literate people around to correct
> problems.
>   You want to keep a system secure, then make it difficult or complicated
> and keep the knowledge base of people who know it to a minimum, restrict
> their access.  And then too, it better be stand alone.
>    None of us or very few of us use our computers to even 10% of their
> true
> capabilities.   Mark
>
>
> At 06:44 AM 1/9/2009 -0800, you wrote:
>>Don't you just love Microsoft security!?!
>>Hold a key, get in and remove password, the computer is yours!
>>HAHAHA. No wonder it's so easy to hack MS systems.
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:29:03 -0500, "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
>> wrote:
>> > paulmaples at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> >> Folks I gave my 11 year old grandson a Laptop Computer and he set it
>> >> up with a password to get into it from the desktop. He has now forgot
>> >> the password and cannot use the computer. Is there anyway around this
>> >> without having to do a system recovery and wipe out the whole hard
>> >> drive?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any help or advice can give.
>> >>
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>> >
>> > Paul, What OS does the machine have on it and when does he need to
>> type
>> > in the password?
>> > If it's XP and the password he is typing in is the one on the welcome
>> > screen,
>> >
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894902/
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Steve W.
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