I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

ransley wrote:
I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

There are password recovery programs and services available. I was given an old
laptop, and used a free one of these which did find the password for that
laptop.

On Feb 26, 12:31*pm, ransley wrote:
I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

Mark, you need a Mac, you don't need the hassles. G

Joe

ransley wrote:
I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

Andy comments.

Paranoia has it's drawbacks.... I don't have any of that stuff, and
I've
never been compromised.....

If you are nicer to people, they won't try to hurt you....

:)))) Andy in Eureka, Texas

On Feb 26, 12:31*pm, ransley wrote:
I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...d15841033.mspx

On Feb 26, 1:03*pm, Joe wrote:
On Feb 26, 12:31*pm, ransley wrote:

I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

Mark, you need a Mac, you don't need the hassles. *G

Joe

I would like one, just need money.

On Feb 26, 10:31*am, ransley wrote:
I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

The administrator account is disabled by default in Vista and does not
have a password. Assuming you haven't changed that - if you turn the
computer off, you can press F8 repeatedly when booting to go into Safe
Mode. Log in with administrator (enabled only in Safe Mode) and go to
Control Panel, User Accounts, and change the password for the account
you normally use.

ransley wrote:
On Feb 26, 1:03 pm, Joe wrote:
On Feb 26, 12:31 pm, ransley wrote:

I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.
Mark, you need a Mac, you don't need the hassles. G

Joe

I would like one, just need money.
Hi,
Macbook number ONE!

On Feb 26, 5:52*pm, Bubba wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:31:20 -0800 (PST), ransley

wrote:
I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

If I may be so nosey to ask..................
Why exactly do you need a fingerprint reader to access your computer?
Is this a home computer or work?
If this is at home, who exactly is it that you dont trust that well.
I dunno........if I had to do all that at home just to get on my
computer, Id just throw the damn thing in the garbage and give up on
them all together.
Bubba

One of my clients dropped off a computer with a fingerprint setup,
(probably screwing with me) I called him the next day to say it was
ready, & he said how did you get in.
I said I unplugged it and logged in, when it was gone the computer
adjusted and allowed normal log in. while I was in there I plugged it
in and gave my self a log in with the fingerprint scan with
administration privileges
Had that failed i would have used windows key;
http://recoveranypassword.com/recover/password-windows/

Eric in North TX wrote:
On Feb 26, 5:52 pm, Bubba wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:31:20 -0800 (PST), ransley

wrote:
I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.
If I may be so nosey to ask..................
Why exactly do you need a fingerprint reader to access your computer?
Is this a home computer or work?
If this is at home, who exactly is it that you dont trust that well.
I dunno........if I had to do all that at home just to get on my
computer, Id just throw the damn thing in the garbage and give up on
them all together.
Bubba

One of my clients dropped off a computer with a fingerprint setup,
(probably screwing with me) I called him the next day to say it was
ready, & he said how did you get in.
I said I unplugged it and logged in, when it was gone the computer
adjusted and allowed normal log in. while I was in there I plugged it
in and gave my self a log in with the fingerprint scan with
administration privileges
Had that failed i would have used windows key;
http://recoveranypassword.com/recover/password-windows/

I use "ophcrack", a free Windows password cracker.

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

It works quite well, especially when I find old
business computers in the dumpster.

TDD

All of these replies and not one thing that is slightly related to
home repair. Wouldn't there have been a better group for this
discussion?

G.S.

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:31:20 -0800 (PST), ransley
wrote:

I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.

Bubba wrote:

Bought a Glock. Shoot em and drag
em inside the van or the house if need be. Hate thieves.
Bubba

Have you concocted a story yet to explain the trail of blood?

The goblin does not have to be in your house. He does not need to be on your
property. He doesn't even have to be in the same block!

If you feel your life is in danger, you have the right to use deadly force
to protect it.

Or, if in Texas, you can fall back on the "Yer honor, he needed killin'! "
defense.

On Feb 27, 8:44*pm, Gordon Shumway wrote:
All of these replies and not one thing that is slightly related to
home repair. *Wouldn't there have been a better group for this
discussion?

G.S.

*On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:31:20 -0800 (PST), ransley



wrote:
I forgot my password to unlock vista, I use a fingerprint reader all
the time. I want to load a program that wont load and was instructed
to close startup programs but I wonder if that closes my fingerprint
reader and I am worried I wont be able to log on. Will this happen, is
there an easy way to reset the main password. When my external
fingerprint reader fails I am also in trouble.- Hide quoted text -

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Where does a computer belong, what group is smarter, how are you here
now, what are you typing on, Answer, a computer

On Feb 27, 12:53*pm, Joe wrote:
On Feb 27, 9:47*am, ransley wrote:

snip
Its a laptop and they get stolen easily. Its nice to know its a secure
computer and nobody can nose around in easily. Here when we go to the
gas station you dont leave keys in the car or leave it running and you
lock your home. I just like the idea its tamper resistant. Laptops are
a theives 1st choise anywhere.

That's sad.
Here in small town midstate Illinois we commonly see pickup trucks in
the winter parked in front of the 'Fuzzy Duck' with engines running.
Not very energy thrifty, but beats having to wait for seat heaters to
work. Folks that move here from the big cities are said to be the only
ones bothering to lock their doors. But we do have effective
neighborhood watches (OK, nosey neighbors) and an unusually alert and
modern police force. Some call it peaceful. some boring. And we do
have a lot of licensed gun owners. Go figure.

Joe

I live with in a rural area and I'm with Joe on this one. I never
take the keys out of the switch. If I did, I'd probably lose them. I
thought about one of those self-start thingies for the car -- the kind
where you put the fob on the keychain. I couldn't figure out why I'd
want one. Why would I want to walk to my car to get the key fob to
push to start the car when I'm standing right next to the car anyway
because I had to walk out there to get the fob. It makes no sense.

As for the house, gee I hope no one locks the door. I have no idea
where the key is -- even if I have a key. Besides, what good is a
locked door when someone could just crawl in a window?

On Feb 27, 6:31*pm, Bubba wrote:
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:53:50 -0800 (PST), Joe wrote:
On Feb 27, 9:47*am, ransley wrote:

snip

Its a laptop and they get stolen easily. Its nice to know its a secure
computer and nobody can nose around in easily. Here when we go to the
gas station you dont leave keys in the car or leave it running and you
lock your home. I just like the idea its tamper resistant. Laptops are
a theives 1st choise anywhere.

That's sad.
Here in small town midstate Illinois we commonly see pickup trucks in
the winter parked in front of the 'Fuzzy Duck' with engines running.
Not very energy thrifty, but beats having to wait for seat heaters to
work. Folks that move here from the big cities are said to be the only
ones bothering to lock their doors. But we do have effective
neighborhood watches (OK, nosey neighbors) and an unusually alert and
modern police force. Some call it peaceful. some boring. And we do
have a lot of licensed gun owners. Go figure.

Joe

Here I have one better. I have an old retired widowed lady next door
and the same right across the street. Hell, they see EVERYTHING. Ive
got a Big black Lab too that stays in the house but she would just
lick you to death. Looks like she would eat you alive though. Pretty
much never lock doors. Recently there has been some idiot robbing
homes during the day even when people are home in ours and a few close
cities. Locking the doors till they catch those morons. Always lock my
van no matter where I am. Too much chit in it. Even had to remove the
lock buttons and linkage and put cages in the van windows. Bonehead
broke my back van window while I was at lunch one day at a pizza
joint. That wont ever happen again. Bought a Glock. Shoot em and drag
em inside the van or the house if need be. Hate thieves.
Bubba- Hide quoted text -

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There is this gizmo an Automobile Flamethrower, I think its South
Africa approved and uses on cars there, that shoots about 1,000,000,
BTU of flaming Propane out both front door zones, under the frame, its
an Auto Panic Flamethrower. No more carjackings. Just crispy crooks. I
need one for the home, maybe Billy Mays will offer one cheap! " The
Intruder Fryer"

Pat wrote:
On Feb 27, 12:53 pm, Joe wrote:
On Feb 27, 9:47 am, ransley wrote:

snip
Its a laptop and they get stolen easily. Its nice to know its a secure
computer and nobody can nose around in easily. Here when we go to the
gas station you dont leave keys in the car or leave it running and you
lock your home. I just like the idea its tamper resistant. Laptops are
a theives 1st choise anywhere.
That's sad.
Here in small town midstate Illinois we commonly see pickup trucks in
the winter parked in front of the 'Fuzzy Duck' with engines running.
Not very energy thrifty, but beats having to wait for seat heaters to
work. Folks that move here from the big cities are said to be the only
ones bothering to lock their doors. But we do have effective
neighborhood watches (OK, nosey neighbors) and an unusually alert and
modern police force. Some call it peaceful. some boring. And we do
have a lot of licensed gun owners. Go figure.

Joe

I live with in a rural area and I'm with Joe on this one. I never
take the keys out of the switch. If I did, I'd probably lose them. I
thought about one of those self-start thingies for the car -- the kind
where you put the fob on the keychain. I couldn't figure out why I'd
want one. Why would I want to walk to my car to get the key fob to
push to start the car when I'm standing right next to the car anyway
because I had to walk out there to get the fob. It makes no sense.

As for the house, gee I hope no one locks the door. I have no idea
where the key is -- even if I have a key. Besides, what good is a
locked door when someone could just crawl in a window?

Chuckle. My new-to-me minivan that I bought last summer (an 05 to
replace the 95 that I didn't want to replace the transmission a 3rd time
on), has 2, count 'em, 2, outside keyholes. Drivers door and tailgate.
The 01 version of the same van had a keyhole on all 5 doors, like God
and Walter Chrysler intended. (As did my 95, although it had one less
door.) Key that came with the 05 has buttons on it- not a seperate fob
(that I could probably deal with), but a key head the size of a serving
spoon, and a tiny little loop to run the keyring through, such that if
you use the fob key and other keys together, they will not fit in a
pants pocket. Total fubar engineering. And because these are the
'secure' chip keys, it cost me $120 to get 2 halfway-normal size keys
without the buttons. Still too fat with the padded heads, but tolerable.
Fob key went in the safe as a backup. But now, every time I park, I have
to force an unlock of the electric locks, so I can use the other 3 front
doors. Or if I forget and approach car from curb side, I have to tell
passengers to wait while I go around and unlock, since there is no damn
keyhole on that door.

Never understood the appeal of fobs- you are standing at the door
anyway. Why not just use the key? If you can free up a hand to dig out
the keyring, you can manage to turn a key in a lock.

--
aem the luddite sends....

I have long since resolved never, ever, to buy a vehicle
with that few locks. I'm old fashioned. I got a couple
keyfobs with my Blazer, that don't work even with new
batteries. I havn't spent the money on key fobs. Dont want
em.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"aemeijers" wrote in message
...

As for the house, gee I hope no one locks the door. I
have no idea
where the key is -- even if I have a key. Besides, what
good is a
locked door when someone could just crawl in a window?

Chuckle. My new-to-me minivan that I bought last summer (an
05 to
replace the 95 that I didn't want to replace the
transmission a 3rd time
on), has 2, count 'em, 2, outside keyholes. Drivers door and
tailgate.
The 01 version of the same van had a keyhole on all 5 doors,
like God
and Walter Chrysler intended. (As did my 95, although it had
one less
door.) Key that came with the 05 has buttons on it- not a
seperate fob
(that I could probably deal with), but a key head the size
of a serving
spoon, and a tiny little loop to run the keyring through,
such that if
you use the fob key and other keys together, they will not
fit in a
pants pocket. Total fubar engineering. And because these are
the
'secure' chip keys, it cost me $120 to get 2 halfway-normal
size keys
without the buttons. Still too fat with the padded heads,
but tolerable.
Fob key went in the safe as a backup. But now, every time I
park, I have
to force an unlock of the electric locks, so I can use the
other 3 front
doors. Or if I forget and approach car from curb side, I
have to tell
passengers to wait while I go around and unlock, since there
is no damn
keyhole on that door.

Never understood the appeal of fobs- you are standing at the
door
anyway. Why not just use the key? If you can free up a hand
to dig out
the keyring, you can manage to turn a key in a lock.

--
aem the luddite sends....