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Posted by singlemum28 19 yrs ago
for my kid{11 yr old}internet safety,I always stay with her when she goes online.so she couldnt use computer when i am not home.I have a login ID password for her computer.bad news,i forgot the password,cant use the computer{locked} and she blamed me for this.Oh help...


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tmk 19 yrs ago
A little more info would be useful. XP? Aby other accounts on the PC?


Login to administrator, go to control panel, user accounts and change the password.


If you don't see the administrator account on your login screen, and no one is logged into the PC, press Control/Alt/Delete twice and you'll bring up a login screen. Type administrator and the password, but if you're like most people, the admin account has inadvertently been left without a password so no password will be required.


tmk

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singlemum28 19 yrs ago
Hi TMK


Thanks for your info.its windows XP,

pressed Control/Alt/Delete ,and saw this login screen,it required login ID name{I knew} and password{forgoten}

any help will appreaciate so much

singlemum




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tmk 19 yrs ago
As mentioned, most people forget to password protect the admin account, so try login name "administrator" and leave the password blank.


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singlemum28 19 yrs ago
you are briliant,TMK!!

Millions thanks to you!I did what you mentioned,it works!hurray!my daughter can use her pc again now.


thank you so much,very appreaciate your guide.


singlemum/C


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Tidings 2 19 yrs ago
I'm so glad you got it working again !!!


Whenever I open a new Hotmail or Yahoo acct, I email myself on my main address so that I have a record of the username and password.


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aemom 19 yrs ago
I would guess that the internet and what's available on it has changed a lot since your successful uni graduate was 11 years old.


That's several life times in terms of technology - and, unfortunately, in the growth of the vast array of inappropriate materials that pop up.

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tmk 19 yrs ago
Singlemum,

You of course put a password on the admin account?


Nuts&Bolts,

One could argue that sensible/responsible parenting would include monitoring your childs internet activities.


Disagree with your advice on passwords.


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tmk 19 yrs ago
Has nothing to do with getting inside your head to steal an ancient phone number, has to do with simplistic passwords that can be cracked in as little as a few minutes. Check out:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0406.mspx

We ran some of these in a test environment a couple months ago and were able to crack simple passwords over coffee break while complex passwords still hadn't been cracked overnight.


I don't disagree with you with using simple passwords such as an ancient phone number for something such as your AX password, but I personally wouldn't use a simple password for anything containing personal or financial details. I still feel that your password advice, although helpful in remembering a password, may not have been the best advice.


Light and fair is good, as is trust. However it may not be a trust issue with our children but with the millions of other people on the net interacting with our children. Glad to hear your daughter is a successful uni graduate with no hang-ups, I hope in the future I can say the same thing about my children:)


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