Ok, people, this ain't about problems I'm having wit my comp. Ok, I have a buddy who is pretty good with comps, I have Windows XP, Dell, Diminsion. I have him on an account for my XP stuff, and I know you can change peoples PW if your a Comp admin and all, but he thinks he can brake any comp PW I put on, and I know there is another p/w I can put on the comp, but I forget how to put it on, he wants to bet 50$ that I can't put a pw on the comp that he can't brake, and hes being serious, so can you guys help me win 50bux, lol.

thanks.

Hi, the majority of passwords can be cracked (especially if the "hacker" is actually ON the PC that is being cracked). All he/she needs is the right tools, time and the (1337) skills :wink:
The best thing to do with any password is to make it alpha-numeric (numbers and letters) at least 12 characters, words or a phrase that isn't common to you and most of all keep it private!

I wouldn't bet $50 on that.

Set a password in your BIOS, which you cannot get past (because the computer will not boot unless the correct password is given), unlike XP passwords, which you can get behind using another OS like Linux. Also, if you want me to generate an extremely secure password, I can md5 encrypt a simple word for you (free, by the way) and it will be transformed into a long string extremely hard to crack.

Ya, I'm gunna set a BIOS p/w, but I brought it up with him, and he says he can brake it, I really don't think he can, and ya, that would nice of ya to make me up a hard password. But are you sure he can't brake the BIOS password?

Thanks,

Juss email me the md5 encrypt password at.

Josh_7_b@hotmail.com

Thanks for your time.

He might be able to reset the BIOS password if he actually opened up your PC and reset the CMOS via the jumper on the board.

Is that the only way to reset the Password?