need fi brukk inna dis ting here

[Emperah]

Mi aunty have a laptop weh a nex aunty gi har.
She can't remember the password. How can I get in there and reset a new pass word fi har or no password at all is probably best fi har?

[Emperah]

O Lawd; plz move tuh de tech forum, a dehsuh mi did tink mi deh.

[My Looh]

As far as I know, the only sure way is to re-install Windows. Hopefully there is another way. Maybe try the first aunts kids names, birthdays etc... to see if you can figure out the password.

Good Luck!

[LinSkinny]

What version of Windows?

[j-kid]

Dwm hav odda ways, fi anyting before Win-8.

As far as I know, the only sure way is to re-install Windows. Hopefully there is another way. Maybe try the first aunts kids names, birthdays etc... to see if you can figure out the password.

Good Luck!

[RichD]

mi did tink sey it was the boot password him was talking

[Emperah]

it's wondows xp,

i went into safe mode and change the password, but that didn't work either.

The 1st aunto nah nuh yutes, she wukk inna gov suh she probably have some big password, tried all kinda tings.

[j-kid]

Was dis ah corporate laptop (from har wuk) shi got or bought, or did shi buy it ah wan store?

[Emperah]

shi gettee a one store it is an old dell, look like a 14" maybe

[LinSkinny]

Assuming the pc not hijacked with malware...try the information in this thread...

http://www.jamaicans.com/forums/showthread.php?24683

The relevant information is the burning of the ISO cd from ophcrack. Basically it is a linux disk that uses brute force to guess the password. It has worked on just about every Xp machine I've tried it on. I see they are now supporting Win7. Haven't used it in years.

You will then need to get the machine to boot from the CD, usually done in the bios. One there, let it run, write down the the user and password info and shutdown. Reboot, without the cd, then try to get in. Depending on the pc, it might take a minute or ten minutes to figure out the password, but it works relatively quickly.

[Emperah]

mi fadda tek de laptop to one place dung here an dem chawge him $32 fi get in.

Now fi some reason I can't connect to de wireless network in her place. I can connect to it no probs with my laptop and mi faddaz but fi har keep coming up bout it can't connect. Think we going to get a 50 ft cable fi har an done.

[j-kid]

Which wan ah deese security encryptions is di router set tuh, caa XP is kina old technology:

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/22/types-of-wi-fi-encryption-you-can-use/

Also, did you add di laptop wireless MAC address tuh di router?

[Emperah]

a one a dem modem/router sittin from at&t. i didn't set it up, mi fadda duh dat b4 mi reach.
it is set to WPA2 yuh tink a dat?

[Emperah]

yuh tink dis http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=1974 would fix it?

ok I just download de above update and it tell mi seh mi neh need it caz mi did upgrade service pack 3 ahreddy

since shi jus a learn an de laptop ole an mi tyad a de fufool sinting it look like a long cable a guh dweet. dwl

[j-kid]

Yuh an dis long helluva wire, DWL!!!!

Yeah, could bi. If di router set tun WPA, but di laptop set to WEP.

But also, di MAC address may need fi put inna di router tuh, depending pan how di router was originally set up?