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Mom needs to change her windows 8 password

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May 09, 2020, 04:40 PM
mark123
Mom needs to change her windows 8 password
She's been offline for about 2 years and wants to boot up her old web book. She can't remember her password so I can't change it for her. It logs her in in reboot but I can't do any admin stuff without her password. It's windows 8 which is frustrating enough.

What is my next step? I've used Hiren's boot cd before but there's no cd drive. Hmmm
May 09, 2020, 04:42 PM
Tavman
You could try Ophcrack if the password wasn't too complex it should be able to come up with it fairly quickly.
May 09, 2020, 04:55 PM
mark123
quote:
Originally posted by Tavman:
You could try Ophcrack if the password wasn't too complex it should be able to come up with it fairly quickly.
The computer will not let me download it. Saying the source forge address is no longer available.
May 09, 2020, 05:56 PM
wxl
Call email parent. My wife had to reset and could not do it online because they wanted to send to email and cannot log on.

In her case, it was Yahoo, customer service walked her through it although they had to try couple different directions.
May 09, 2020, 06:57 PM
Tavman
quote:
Originally posted by mark123:
quote:
Originally posted by Tavman:
You could try Ophcrack if the password wasn't too complex it should be able to come up with it fairly quickly.
The computer will not let me download it. Saying the source forge address is no longer available.


Sent it to you in email.