hannes Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 hello. my mothers laptop suddenly demands that you have to have a password and user name. the given username is admin. it is not possible to pass trough to get in to the computer for me, can anybody help me? it would be very nice!thanks - hannes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukus Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 It'll most probably be the same as the administrator password for the machine. Try that first.You should have specified it when the machine was first installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannes Posted April 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 It'll most probably be the same as the administrator password for the machine. Try that first.You should have specified it when the machine was first installed?but the computer comes from my mothers former work. and she has never been using a password...thanks for your answer/h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukus Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Need to find out the former password, or use a password cracker then, bar formatting!Good Luck! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannes Posted April 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Need to find out the former password, or use a password cracker then, bar formatting!Good Luck! :)password cracker then, bar formatting.... what is this? im not a hacker.....thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 most password 'crackers' uses a method usually known as 'brute force'. Essentially the program will go through the entire alphabet to find the password.a...aa...ab...aaa...aab..etc until the password is unlocked.We cannot link to or provide any information about password hacking, but you say the computer is from the place of business? Perhaps you can phone the tech support and ask them what the password may be.If you are not able to find the password you can create another account, or backup the files and re-install Windows. We can help you with any of these scenarios, except the password. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 In my company most admin passwords are the company name. I know this is not very high security, but I can imagine that it is the same in many other places - especially with older computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Steve Gibson talks about passwords here: https://www.grc.com/passwords Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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