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Hello, I am in dire neex of help. I am using an hp pavilion g7 notebook with win 8.1. About a week ago I downloaded 3 windows updates. I restarted as required, but all I got was a blue screen that says: YOUR PC RAN INTO A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO RESTART. next screen: PREPARING AUTOMATIC REPAIR...

Hello there, My friend recently forgot his password and asked me a way to recover this. I thought about logging in with the administrator in safe mode, but I discovered that administrator is hidden. In order to activate it I should open DOS, but I can't open it in safe mode. Whenever I select...

Hi While looking for a way to solve the missing Windows 8 password in relation to a post on the support forum I found this video.... I decided to give it a try myself, since it seemed like something that could be useful. I made a CD and booted my computer to Mini Windows XP. I booted right...

I purchased a computer that was used some years ago from a friends computer guy. It runs XP. I picked up a virus a week ago & called the computer guy but he's retired :( So, trying to resolve the issue myself I started searching for a resolution my self on the internet & came across a site...

I have problem in windows 7 OS installation.Here are the details of the problems which i came across first of all for clean installation i deleted the existing OS and there is no existing OS in my laptop.I have 48GB of unallocated space but unable to use it to make a primary partition and I...

Hi, I encrypted some files with EFS in Windows 7. Now recently my system crashed, and got corrupted, and so I installed Windows 7 on a new disk. Now, I would like to pick up my old files, and that workd (Disk is ifne, but OS is corrupted), except I can't get to my encrypted files. I have...

My Grandson gave me his old laptop, an Acer Aspire 5750. He can't remember his password to the administrator so I can't download and run any new programs. I can use the PC as a "user" but I want to update several programs. I previously got help here and then I put in a new keyboard and tried his...

i run cmd in Elevated Command Prompt mode. i used commands such as; net user administrator * (but can not change password, the system error 5 has occured) net user administrator /delete (access is denied) net user administrator set /inactive net user administrator /inactive:yes but all these...

how do i successfully reboot my acer aspire one netbook to factory settings after pushing the F8 key i do knot the administrator password and i already started the reboot system and my laptop died

I fix computers on the side and I have a client that brought me a laptop that they forgot the password to. I tried my boot-disks (ubcd, hirens, nt offline password reset) but the computer's cd-rom won't boot from any cd. option 1 - bootable cd not gonna work. the computer does not support...

I have received the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. I have an HP Pavillion Notebook dv9810us. I had some problems with the Windows installation, it had lost a driver avgidshx.sys. I bought a new hard drive as the cd rom drive did not work and installed Windows 7 onto it through my brother's...

I am try to help my friend with her computer. I know some about computers. Her problem Is that the other day she went to sign on to her computer and the computer would not let her In. It was just her user profile. She has a admin account and I have a admin account. I was able to logIn but she...

Hi All I have a client, that lost his IT administrator, dropped off the face of the earth. I'm now trying to recover data off an encrypted disk. Gigabytes of music collection. The OS is Windows Server 2003, encrypted with, Bestcrypt v2. I have the initial Bestcrypt password, to boot into the...

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You sit up suddenly in a cold sweat, and scream. But you're in bed, and it was just a bad dream. Sighing with relief, you get up, get dressed, go to work, and turn on your PC. Then you sit up suddenly in a cold sweat, and scream--but this time, it's not a dream. It's a Windows nightmare...

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Hello everyone thanks for taking the time to read this. I ran into a problem last night. I’m going to give as much background information as I can. I bought a display model eMachine last December from a store called Nebraska Furniture mart. I take it home, change the password and created...

First commercial tool to crack BitLocker arrives (Updated) Passware a software firm that provides password recovery, decryption, and evidence discovery software for computer forensics, has updated its flagship application this week to support breaking Microsoft's BitLocker hard drive...

I have an eee pc small laptop which I bought few days ago. Today I deleted the log in name for the Administrator and now windows 7 asks for username and password. I have not entered any username and password initially so I have no idea what I should enter for username and password and for...

my dad and i have a account on the laptop gateway nv52 but i am a limited account and my dad is a addminitrator but my dad will not tell me his password so i can change my limited account to addminitrator. please help me. i want to delete my dad's account when i am a limited user.