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Post by puffy on Jun 2, 2019 21:51:36 GMT -5
About a month ago my wife's brother who has more money than smarts bought a high dollar HP lap top.He used it about a week and forgot his password.It wasn't written down.He gave it to my wife when ours crashed.He said if she could get it fixed she could have it.He bought himself another one..Best Buy wanted 40 bucks to fix it..With the help of 2 friends and Google she got it so she could put in a new pass word and get it up and running.It doesn't work exactly like my old computer and this is my first experience with a lap top so I'm getting use to it as I go..I'm back on line though with a new computer and it was "Free"...Except for a rib dinner she fixed for the friends who helped her.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 22:37:16 GMT -5
If I knew you just needed the password removed I could have mailed you a “ bootable “ disc and walked you through changing your password......simpler than it sounds. Glad it’s up and running for you.....good luck👌👍👍
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Post by mgtarheel on Jun 2, 2019 22:41:05 GMT -5
You got a great deal! Free is great.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 23:25:08 GMT -5
Free is always good and lap tops are no longer cheap these days.
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Post by simnettpratt on Jun 3, 2019 5:03:44 GMT -5
And that, is how you hack a windows password. Congratulations on your new laptop  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 3, 2019 6:43:53 GMT -5
Score!!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jun 3, 2019 10:03:22 GMT -5
Wonderful to have friends like that...all I ever get is usually crap that even I don't want with the exception of the folks here who always have your best interests at heart.
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Post by kxg on Jun 3, 2019 10:58:33 GMT -5
That was nice of your brother-in-law!
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Post by Mac on Jun 3, 2019 14:24:58 GMT -5
Wouldn't reformatting the disk and reinstalling the OS do it? (Academic, I know, as it's already up and running.)
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Post by simnettpratt on Jun 3, 2019 14:27:20 GMT -5
Sure, but you lose all your drivers, files, settings and the OS, and you might not have copies. It's much easier to type a couple of commands and remove the password.
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Post by McWiggins on Jun 3, 2019 15:01:36 GMT -5
As a former IT guy, if the system is clean, removing the password and moving on would do the trick. If not, then I'd reinstall the OS and have drivers reloaded as they're easily available. But I'm also the guy that does this to his system once a year anyways. In the end, whatever works and makes one happy is perfectly fine.  |
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Post by Mac on Jun 3, 2019 18:50:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I am with the school of reformatting a used computer, as you never know what someone has done to/with it. And since it's new to you, there are no files, PWs, cookies, settings, etc. to be lost.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 4, 2019 0:32:40 GMT -5
My default position is to call my IT buddy, order chicken wings, pizza, and beer.
We hang out, problem solved.
He does in minutes what would take me hours.
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Post by simnettpratt on Jun 4, 2019 5:28:14 GMT -5
At my last job, we did computer consulting and forensics. We weren't so much for individuals as companies, because we were expensive. Sometimes little old ladies would come by and say they could no longer open the pics of their grandkids or whatever, and how much would that cost to fix. I would do those jobs in the evenings for free. The other guys wouldn't work for free. Sometimes the greatful ladies would bring me cookies or cupcakes. One time, in the same week, I had three little old ladies bring me cookies. The boss said I must be doing something right and gave me a thousand dollar bonus. Was worth almost as much as the emails I got to send out saying there's cookies in the kitchen because of my awesomeness and your suckage.  |
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Post by Mac on Jun 4, 2019 9:04:47 GMT -5
Great story, sim. I give myself milk and cookies when I solve a problem on wifey's computer.
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Post by Matthew on Jun 4, 2019 17:59:52 GMT -5
At my last job, we did computer consulting and forensics. We weren't so much for individuals as companies, because we were expensive. Sometimes little old ladies would come by and say they could no longer open the pics of their grandkids or whatever, and how much would that cost to fix. I would do those jobs in the evenings for free. The other guys wouldn't work for free. Sometimes the greatful ladies would bring me cookies or cupcakes. One time, in the same week, I had three little old ladies bring me cookies. The boss said I must be doing something right and gave me a thousand dollar bonus. Was worth almost as much as the emails I got to send out saying there's cookies in the kitchen because of my awesomeness and your suckage. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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