Ok so my machine locked me out, and I can't get back in. I leave it on all the time, and it usually just goes into sleep mode. This morning when I go to "wake it up" by moving the mouse, it's on the user login screen. Well, I'm the only user, and I never set a password...And I didn't log out... I called Dell, and the guy told me that there is no way to override the password on Vista. I can't login to safemode either. I downloaded a free password cracker called ophcrack but when I load it into the driver, nothing happens obviously because I can't run the program... Can ANYONE help me? I'll pay pal $50 to anyone who can help fix this.
not an expert in the matter but unless you created one of those password recovery drives you cant override it. However, i think if you install linux on a parition or another drive and boot that you can gain access to your files which you can backup (only done it with xp...still untested with vista).
i can tell you how to override it and then you will laugh after words... PM and i will give you all the details that my father in law helped me with....
Yeah, I'd also like to see that as I don't believe there's a simple overide ... it will make user accounts and passwords and computer security pointless