Re: Disabling a forgotten password(Systems)

Sounds as if you've somehow deleted the "his/her" account - as normally the
Administrator account is hidden unless there are not other accounts (other
than guest) on the system.
As far as your business files, if they were stored under the account
"his/her" in "my documents" and somehow you told the system to delete this
account (or profile), it is very possible all these files are gone - it is
also possible they still exist, but the account (or profile) is orphaned -
only an experience PC technician can tell - but if they are deleted, then an
experienced recovery company may be able to recover most of them - but the
more you use it, the less likely they are recoverable, as the areas where
the file(s) used to reside my get over written.
Your best bet, take the PC to a dependable repair shop (not Best Buy or the
likes) - research, find someone with a good reputation and let them remove
the hard drive and insert it as a slave into a computer with software to
perform recoveries such as these.
Another note, it is just as much your husband's fault as yours, as any
important data files should be backed up to CD, tape, external drive or even
floppy on a regular basis - just in case something happens. I do this
weekly on all the PC's in my household, 2 Workstations, a desktop and
laptop. At most I loose a weeks worth of data. You and your husband need
to seriously look into backup options.

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"Nana" <nanbunny007@xxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:33A686FF-8571-4F25-B211-347104EB7CF5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We had two user icons that came up when you started the computer to log
> onto. One was called (his/hers) it was asigned a password by my
> husband
> who set up our computer. The other was called (Guest).No password was
> ever
> asigned to it
>
> I was plaqying around in (his/her) in Adminstrtor System and the next day
> when I started up the computer (his/hers) was gone and
> replased with a icon that said (Administrator).I cilcked onto it using our
> Password and it doesn't work. I have no problem with logging onto (Guest)
> but
> when I tery to get into Administrator system on (Guest).
> It tells me that "Access Denied) I don't have permission.
> My husband is out of town and I don't want to get into a argument with him
> by telling what I did.I 'm thinking that I ruied our business files. Is
> this
> true? if someone could help I'd really appreciate it.
> Nana Bunny
>
> "Vanguard" wrote:
>
>> "Nana" <nanbunny007@xxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message
>> news:7637318A-974A-4ED2-8896-9C9FDBFDD212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I'm considering resetting my Desk Top by removing the jumper plug
>> > labeled
>> > PSWD from the jumper. I'm locked out of of Administrator System
>> > because I
>> > don't have the password.My question is....Will doing this have an
>> > effect on
>> > my files? And without incrimminating myself with my husband by telling
>> > him
>> > that I messed it up is there something else that I could tell him
>> > happend to
>> > our computer?
>> >
>> > Nana Bunny
>>
>>
>> Clearing the CMOS (to reset back to defaults which normally doesn't
>> enable a BIOS-controlled password on power up) won't do a thing to clear
>> or reset the passwords managed by the operating system. If your husband
>> won't provide you with the admin password or will reset your password
>> for your account then it is likely that it is not considered as shared
>> property and you aren't supposed to be logging into his computer.
>>
>>


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