Locked Out Account


  1. sparker781
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    Winodws 7 Ultimate 32 Bit
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    Locked Out Account


    I setup am older machine for my fiancée's son. Threw Windows 7 on it and set up his account. Well be took the laptop back to California and decided to put a password on there. Now he's mistyped his password it's locked out.

    How can he reset the password?

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  3. richc46
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    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
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    You must understand that Forum members must be very careful when offering advice in this area. We do have a great tutorial giving information in this area, however. Hope that this helps you.
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