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HOw can I download necessary software/driver/program if password recognizer isnt

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aliasjanedoe   02-26-2009 at 05:30:48 PM

My fugitzu laptop began moving very slowly, not too my surprize, because I am a photographer....attempting to free space, I found that my password, after changing it, would not work. However, I believe that my password recognizer might be disabled.???

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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   02-26-2009 at 07:37:06 PM
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What password are you talking about? What do you mean, would not work? And if your password recognizer is disabled, then you wouldn't be able to enter or change a password, would you? What password recognizer are you talking about, anyway? What OS are you running?

Detailed descriptions, please.

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aliasjanedoe   02-28-2009 at 09:32:38 PM
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frozenlead wrote :

What password are you talking about? What do you mean, would not work? And if your password recognizer is disabled, then you wouldn't be able to enter or change a password, would you? What password recognizer are you talking about, anyway? What OS are you running?

Detailed descriptions, please.


neither my administrator password(because i dont remember what i set it to back around xmas time)...or my main profile password. I think its because after changing my password, I may have taken the password off, then changed it back before rebooting. I run windows vista business

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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   02-28-2009 at 11:53:17 PM
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If you disable the password, it is deleted.

However, if you forgot your administrator password and your user password, there is no way to recover them. You must reinstall windows.

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aliasjanedoe   03-01-2009 at 03:13:00 AM
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frozenlead wrote :

If you disable the password, it is deleted.

However, if you forgot your administrator password and your user password, there is no way to recover them. You must reinstall windows.


Does that mean i lose ALL my files???? I'm a photographer and I was in the middle of backing up my photos

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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   03-01-2009 at 08:50:27 AM
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You haven't 'lost' anything. You've simply lost the ability to access your files by booting windows. You can plug that disc into a different computer that boots off of another hard disk and access your files.

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aliasjanedoe   03-01-2009 at 10:45:35 PM
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frozenlead wrote :

You haven't 'lost' anything. You've simply lost the ability to access your files by booting windows. You can plug that disc into a different computer that boots off of another hard disk and access your files.


sorry if i sound absolutely RETARDED, but what do you mean exactly by "plug that disk" into another computer?

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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   03-01-2009 at 11:50:34 PM
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No question is retarded. Well, maybe.

Anyway, I mean take the disc you've got in your notebook and plug it into a desktop computer (which support more than one hard disk - most notebooks don't). You'll then be able to access your files like using an external hard disk.

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aliasjanedoe   03-06-2009 at 09:11:16 PM
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frozenlead wrote :

No question is retarded. Well, maybe.

Anyway, I mean take the disc you've got in your notebook and plug it into a desktop computer (which support more than one hard disk - most notebooks don't). You'll then be able to access your files like using an external hard disk.


before, or after i re-install vista?

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Bronze Laptops badge frozenlead   03-07-2009 at 02:04:01 AM
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Before! Installing Vista may overwrite some of your data.

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