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After I installed the beta-version of Windows8 on my desktop, I used the mail-App to make a connection with my exchange-account. Once every six months I have to change the password of this exchange-account. Now I don't seem to be able to make changes in the existing account within Windows8. How...

I've forgotten my windows 7 password to the admin account and so now I'm using Offline NT & Registry Editor to try and reset it. I keep getting stuck on step TWO: Select PATH and registry files. The default is not working and I have no idea what else to try, thanks in advance :frown:

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...

New Dell Laptop 8 GB with Windows 7 64 bit, SP1 and all updates installed. Started Live Mail 2011 and created an e-mail account. Can successfully send E-mails, but cannot receive any. During Send/Receive process, there are no error messages. In account setup, used the same email addresses...

I installed Windows 7 last week and suddenly today when i logged on to windows 7 and went to user account to change password it said Password is incorrect Please retype.I was surprised since minutes Ago i logged on with the same password.Now, after i googled..some said to reboot and i did...

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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Hi there folks .I want to do as the title suggests by purchasing an upgrade disc, However i have a problem my son has the administrator account but has forgotten the password i am a normal account holder . i dont have windows installation disc windows preinstalled on thiswhen i...

Hi I just added this link to my list of useful links and information. How to reset the Windows Password. When you don't know what it is. How to Reset Your Windows Password Without an Install CD - How-To Geek Mike

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to create and use a Password Reset Disk in Windows 7 using a USB Flash Drive rather than a CD or floppy disk. Link Removed

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...

A master of all things Windows 98 has shown how it was done back in the old days! Forgot your Windows 98 password? No problem. - Imgur

I've gone and got myself into a slight pickle over my Security Center. Having had problems with a browser hijack I've cleared my system of anything remotely buggy as far as possible, but noticed the warning that my Security Center was off. So I duly headed over to Services and switched it on...

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...

Hi, I have a toshiba satellite laptop within windows 7, used it 10-15 times in 6 months, only have 1 user account on it, never created a windows re-install disk or anything like that. Never had a problem until a month ago when at the windows login screen, it won't accept my pword. it had...

Hi all! So I just reinstalled windows 7 professional 64bit on a computer that had previously been running the same product perfectly fine. However, this time, every time I login I immediately see the message "User name or password is incorrect". After hitting ok to this message I get to...

Couldn't remember my password, used the password reset and now when i go to change my password back to something i can remember it tells me i cant use the password because i've used it within the last year. If you make me change it to something i'm not going to remember, i'm just going to...

Hello windows7forums community, I've made a bit of a whoopsey in lusrmgr.msc and have managed to set the password for the hidden admin account; which is fine - the problem is that I also removed the only local user's membership of the administrators group forgetting to check that I had enabled...

I was forced to change my user password this afternoon... And abruptly forgot it. I've attempted the fix here: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor but I hit a snag on step two, which asks for the "path to the registry directory". What do I input?

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