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| theleakydiode:
Download and burn hirensbootcd to a flash drive and use the "Offline NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 Password Changer", find step by step instructions on youtube. |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: Cyberdragon on February 16, 2018, 12:44:17 am ---Why the hell is a Windows 7 machine wanting a floppy disk? :wtf: --- Quote ---If it's a bios or hard drive password... ouch! --- End quote --- If it's a BIOS password...just pull the pin. --- End quote --- Not this guy ! :P We scored a Toshiba A200 with a fingerprint reader.......locked out, as tight as a drum ! :rant: It's previous owner had given up on it as it wouldn't recognize his fingerprint. :horse: Bit of time on the 'net found these A200's could/would do this and it was only a matter of when ! :scared: Under the RAM cover and under the RAM modules are a pair of BIOS RESET pads that when bridged (RAM out) upon power ON would reset the BIOS and you were 'in like Flynn' ! :-DD Straight into BIOS was the next move and disable the bloody fingerprint reader and it's been good for years. ;D OP, do some homework and find the BIOS reset procedure for this MOBO and you should be good to go ! |
| Ampera:
--- Quote from: Cyberdragon on February 16, 2018, 12:44:17 am ---Why the hell is a Windows 7 machine wanting a floppy disk? :wtf: --- Quote ---If it's a bios or hard drive password... ouch! --- End quote --- If it's a BIOS password...just pull the pin. :palm: Or the battery if you have to (if it's soldered you'll have to cut it). --- End quote --- Windows 7 has an interesting "password reset disk" It's, from what I gather, just a physical key that allows you to reset your password if you forget it. |
| senso:
Or just nuke it and do a fresh install, either with a DVD or a bootable USB pen. Or grab one of the many Windows PE images, boot to that, create a new Admin account and its done, or boot with a dvd/pen with install media, repair, open a prompt and create a new Admin account. Win is SOOOO easy to bypass, Win10 with Hello and whatnot? PE boot, new Admin account, done, easy. |
| Ampera:
Nobody in their right mind relies on anything near the NT kernel for real security. Anything secure is done using the Unix family. |
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