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I recently aquired an acer 3680 vista home basic..my sister passed away in june and it was hers ..well as soon as it loads it ask for a password admin i take it i dont want to formatt if i dont have to because i want the pics she has of herself on there..its all i have left of her..can it be done threw the BIOS somehow ..even safe mode is locked any help appreciated thanks steve..ps im told theres disc that can do it but how can you do anything with these disc if you cannot access anything so how do they work..


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Push the button and start the computer, tap the F8 key while booting, chose Safe Mode

Once in Safe Mode, click Start/Control Panel/Users.....remove the password from your sisters account


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i think he said that there is a password on that account too..that could be a problem


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yes he is rite the safe mode is pass protected..can i crash it and or reformat it or something..thanks steve


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You could reinstall windows, this can be done without logging in to windows...
This from How to Bypass a Windows XP Login Password - Associated Content but I don't know how much truth is in it.
Windows XP stores password information in encrypted files called SAM files. A Google search for SAM file editor will return plenty of results, and you'll find several programs that you can burn to a bootable CD and use to edit these files. I've never personally had to use one of these, so I can't recommend one. Using these editors can render your computer unusable if anything goes wrong. The risk involved in doing this makes an absolute last resort. The tiniest error in this will corrupt files and lock you out of Windows at best; it will destroy your Windows install and force a reformat at worst.
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robin im running vista home edition is it still xp or not.....and what about going into BIOS..CAN ANYTHING BE DONE there i see a restore to factory settings will that eliminate the passwords to or no thanks im really stuck i cant get into start even to get to account settings and safe mode is paas protested to ..thank you desperate steve



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