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How to Recover Logins and Passwords Stored in SeaMonkey

March 26th, 2013 by Admin

SeaMonkey is not only a great web browser but also a fully featured and powerful email client. Just like other browser SeaMonkey has also the feature which allows you to save and store password on browser to auto login your favorite websites. If you forgot your logins and passwords in SeaMonkey, you can recover them easily with Firefox Password Recovery program.

Firefox Password Recovery program enables you to recover website logins and email account passwords from SeaMonkey’s password manager. This should be useful in the event that your SeaMonkey browser is crashed or you simply forget your passwords. Let’s go ahead!

How to Recover Logins and Passwords Stored in SeaMonkey?

  1. Download and install Firefox Password Recovery program on your local computer.
  2. After installing, launch Firefox Password Recovery program.
  3. Click on Start Recovery button, it will show a list of recovery options from the drop-down menu.
  4. Choose the Recover SeaMonkey Password option, the program automatically finds the user profiles of SeaMonkey and decrypts all the logins and passwords saved in SeaMonkey application.

Firefox Password Recovery program is very easy to use with user-friendly interface without requiring any advanced technical know how. It also allows you to save your logins and passwords to a file or clipboard. So from now there is no need to fear about losing SeaMonkey passwords! With Firefox Password Recovery program you can recover SeaMonkey password quickly and easily!

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How to Reset Windows 7/Vista/XP Logon Password

March 25th, 2013 by Admin

Imagine losing access to your computer just because you forgot the logon password! Nightmarish as it may seem, forgetting your Windows logon password may leave you feeling quite locked up with little left for you than rebuilding your system all again. It may seem like the end of the world for many, but surely there is a lot of hope. Resetting your forgotten logon passwords on Windows 7/Vista/XP is easy and you can actually work around your system, to regain access. So if, you’re stuck with Windows logon password or wish to reset or remove it, here’s what you can do.

How to Reset Windows 7/Vista/XP Logon Password?

Before you begin the process of password resetting, you’ll first need a different computer with internet access to start your work. You also need a USB stick or a blank CD to make a password reset Live disc that would be used on your locked computer.

Step 1: Make a Password Reset Live Disc

Download the self-extracting archive of Reset Windows Password utility on to your alternate computer. Once downloaded, extract the ISO file (ResetWindowsPwd.iso) from the ZIP file. Feel free to do this using the integrated tool in Windows or a dedicated program like WinZip.

Now you need to burn the ISO image file (ResetWindowsPwd.iso) to a CD or USB stick. There are many free burning programs which can do it easily, such as BurnCDCC, ImgBurn, ISO2Dic, etc.

Step 2: Boot Locked Computer from the Live Disc

Insert the password reset Live disc into the computer that you’re trying to gain access to. Restart the computer and press the appropriate key (also called “BIOS Key”) at the start of the boot-up process – often when the manufacturer’s logo appears on screen – and you’ll be taken to the BIOS Setup screen. Change the boot order in BIOS to set the USB or CD as your first option for boot device and boot the computer from it.

Step 3: Reset Windows Logon Password

Once the locked computer boots from the Live disc, it will load the Windows PE operating system inside the Live disc and open up the Reset Windows Password program. The program automatically finds the Windows installations on your hard drive, and analyzes the SAM (Security Accounts Manager) database and displays all Windows user accounts existing in your system.

Just choose the user account which you want to do a password reset, and click on “Reset Password” button. It will reset your forgotten logon password quickly!

Conclusion

This should be the easiest method to reset Windows logon password in case your password is lost or forgotten. It works for all recent versions of Windows including Windows 8, 7, 2000, XP, Vista as well as Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2012.

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Forgot Computer Administrator Password

March 23rd, 2013 by Admin

On my computer, I have an administrator account and the guest account. Well my dad took my computer away from me for a while and he changed the password to the administrator account. The problem is, he can’t remember what he changed the password to. I only have access to the guest account now, so I can’t install or uninstall any unwanted programs, the quality is horrible and I don’t have any of my music!

I’ve searched around for password resetting programs, but that doesn’t help since I can’t even install anything on the guest account. Is there any way I can retrieve or reset my password? Thank you so much.

In Windows 8/7/Vista/XP, an administrator account has full control over the computer’s files, systems, and settings. Few things are more frustrating than needing to access the computer, but not being able to remember the administrator password. Thankfully, there is a handy utility designed to help crack forgotten computer administrator passwords.

Password Recovery Bundle works by creating a boot disk that you must boot your locked computer from in order to remove the password. The reason why a boot disk is used is because it allows the password recovery process to occur outside of the locked-out operating system so that the operating system’s various protective measures can be avoid.

To get started, you need to find another computer with internet connection. Download and install Password Recovery Bundle on that computer and the program enables you to use a CD or USB flash drive to create a Windows password cracking bootdisk. Once the bootdisk is created successfully, you can bring it to boot your locked computer from it. The password cracking utility inside the bootdisk will automatically locate all Windows user accounts existing on your computer, and you are allowed to remove the password of any user account instantly! Need to know more detailed instructions? Please refer to this tutorial: How to Reset Forgotten Windows Password with Password Recovery Bundle.

Forgot computer administrator password? No need to worry any more as long as you have a password cracking boot disk in hand. The boot disk created by Password Recovery Bundle enables you to easily unlock forgotten administrator password on any computer.

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How to Reset Forgotten Windows Password with Pen Drive

March 22nd, 2013 by Admin

Forgetting Windows password can become an issue if you are the only user with full administrative access. This will get you being locked out of the system and all files on your hard drive become inaccessible. Luckily there is a super simple solution that can help you reset forgotten Windows password with a pen drive.

Password Recovery Bundle enables you to make a bootable pen drive which contains a Windows PE operating system and password unlocker utility. Just get your locked computer to boot from the pen drive and it enables you to reset lost or forgotten Windows 8/7/Vista/XP password quickly and easily.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows Password with Pen Drive?

In order to make a bootable pen drive, you’ll need to download and install Password Recovery Bundle on another computer you have access to.

Once downloaded and installed, click the “Windows Password” button to open the bootdisk creating window. Choose your pen drive and click on “Start Burn” button to start creating a bootable password reset pen drive. Once done, click the OK button and remove the pen drive.

Now boot the machine requiring the password reset using the bootable pen drive that you just created. Also, make sure you have enabled the option for booting from removable media in your motherboard’s BIOS settings.

Once you are presented with the Reset Windows Password window, choose your Windows SAM registry file from the drop-down menu. This comes useful in case you’re running a dual boot machine. Once selected, the program will display a list of user accounts for your Windows installation.

Choose the user account that needs a password reset, and click on “Reset Password” button. It will blank your Windows password instantly. It’s simple as that! Now click Restart button and reboot your machine. You can then log back into your computer without a password.

Keep the bootable password reset pen drive at a safe place. So you can use it to reset your forgotten Windows password easily when you forget your password next time!

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How to Reset Lost Mac OS X Password without an Install Disk

March 20th, 2013 by Admin

Forgot your Mac admin password? Or maybe you purchased a used Mac from someone else and they’ve got it locked down? There are numerous ways to reset lost or forgotten Mac OS X password. In my previous post we’ve covered how to reset Mac OS X password with a installation CD. If you’ve forgotten your Mac password and you don’t have an install CD laying around, there’s no need to worry! There are still a few options to reset your lost Mac OS X password easily without an install disk.

Option 1: Reset 10.5 Leopard & 10.6 Snow Leopard password

  1. Power on or restart your Mac.
  2. At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.
  3. This step is optional, but it’s a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter/Return. Wait for the checks to complete before going to the next step.
  4. Type mount -uw / and press Enter.
  5. Type launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist and press Enter.
  6. Type ls /Users and press Enter. This lists all of the usernames on the computer – helpful if you don’t know or remember what these are.
  7. Type dscl . -passwd /Users/username password and replace “username” with one of the users displayed in the previous step. Replace “password” with a new password of your choice. Press Enter.
  8. Type reboot and press Enter.

Option 2: Reset 10.4 Tiger password

  1. Power on or restart your Mac.
  2. At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.
  3. Type sh /etc/rc and press Enter/Return.
  4. Type passwd username and replace “username” with the short name of the user account for which you’d like to reset the password.
  5. Type your desired password and press Enter. It won’t show itself on the screen, so be careful what you type. You will most likely have to enter it again to confirm.
  6. Type reboot and press Enter.

Option 3: Create a New User Account

This will create a new account, but all of your documents, pictures and everything will not be accessible.

  1. Power on or restart your Mac (should work for any Mac OS X system).
  2. At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode.
  3. This step is optional, but it’s a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter/Return. Wait for the checks to complete before going to the next step.
  4. Type mount -uw / and press Enter.
  5. Type rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and press Enter.
  6. Type shutdown -h now and press Enter.

Although the above options will allow you to reset your own Mac password, it also means that others with physical access to your Mac will also be able to use them for accessing your information. To further protect your Mac, you should set an Open Firmware password using Apple’s utility.

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How to Bypass Windows Administrator Password

March 19th, 2013 by Admin

I have forgotten the administrator password of my Windows 7 installation and locked out. Is there a way to reset or bypass the password? I do have physical access to the PC.

Few things are more annoying than forgetting your Windows administrator password. Without your Windows password your PC is nothing more than a door stop. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to bypass Windows administrator password which will allow you to login to Windows once again. All you need to bypass Windows password with this method is another Windows PC so you can download the Reset Windows Password utility and make a password reset Live CD/USB drive.

How to Bypass Windows Administrator Password?

  1. To get started, purchase the Reset Windows Password utility and download it onto your current computer. Unzip the download file and you’ll get the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file which contains the password hacking tool.
  2. Next, you need to turn that ISO file into a CD. All you need to do is get a CD/DVD burning program such as BurnCDCC or ImgBurn, which allows you to burn an ISO image to CD or DVD easily! If your computer doesn’t come with a CD/DVD burner, you can use the ISO2Disc program to burn a Windows password reset USB from that ISO image.
  3. Take the Live CD you just created to the computer you want to hack. Insert the CD into the CD drive and turn on the computer. Normally, the BIOS screen tells you the keyboard key you need to press to change the boot order, watch for that message! On most computers the BIOS key is Del, F9 or F12 but yours might be different, so watch out for that on the boot-up menu.
  4. Once you boot from the CD, it will load the miniature operating system and open the Reset Windows Password utility. This program automatically detect all Windows installations on your computer, and shows a list of user accounts existing in your Windows SAM registry hive.
  5. Choose the administrator account you want to bypass the password on and click on “Reset Password” button. It will remove your forgotten administrator password immediately. Remove the CD from the CD drive and restart the computer, you can then log into the administrator with an empty password. Done!

This tutorial is fairly simple to follow even if you are not very techie person. With this trick you can bypass Windows administrator password on any version of Windows operating system, including Windows 8/7/Vista/XP.

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How to Find Windows 7 Product Key from Your Current Computer

March 13th, 2013 by Admin

Ever been in situation where you need to re-install Windows 7 or the system is crashed? It must be a frustrating experience when you found out that you can’t locate Windows 7 product key because the product key sticker has been scratched and damaged. So now what to do, How to recover or find your lost product key?

Yes you can do that with simple and easy steps, there is a professional key finder program called Product Key Finder, which will help you to find Windows 7 product key from your current computer.

How to Find Windows 7 Product Key from Your Current Computer?

  1. Download and install Product Key Finder on your computer.
  2. Launch Product Key Finder and click the Start Recovery button. It will bring up a drop-down menu that provides three recovery mode: From current system, From non-booting system and From remote computer.

  3. To recover product keys from your current Windows installation, choose the first recovery mode.
  4. The program will scan your Windows registry and find your Windows 7 product key immediately.

Note that you need to run the Product Key Finder program before formatting the system. If you format the system and try to retrieve the keys, you would find nothing as the registry would be completely fresh with no data stored. Hence, make sure to recover/find your Windows 7 product key in advance and print a hard copy of all the serial keys and keep it in your shelf.

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Lost Administrator Password for Windows 2003 Server

March 12th, 2013 by Admin

I am trying get an unused server up and running, it booted fine but I was greeted with the login window and none of the known passwords seem to work. The server I am trying to get to work is not a Domain Controller and has not been used in a long time. How do I access Windows server 2003 without formatting the hard drive?

Lost administrator password of a Windows 2003 server machine which is rarely used? Is there any way to make the system up and running without needing to reinstall the system? There is a powerful rescue utility called Password Recovery Bundle, which enables you to create a Live CD/USB that could be used to reset lost or forgotten password for both local administrator and domain administrator on Windows 2003 server. Here we’ll guide you directly through all the steps involved in resetting lost administrator password for Windows 2003 server.

How to Reset Lost Administrator Password for Windows 2003 Server?

  1. Download and install Password Recovery Bundle on another computer that you can log in.
  2. Put a blank CD in the CD drive in order to create a Live CD.
  3. Launch Password Recovery Bundle and click on Windows Password button, it will display the ISO burning dialog.

  4. Choose the CD you’ve plugged in and then click on Start Burn button to create a Live CD.
  5. After you have the Live CD, put it into the CD drive of your Windows 2003 server that needs a password reset.
  6. Turn on the server and have it boot from the Live CD. You may need to go into BIOS and set CD/DVD as the first boot device.
  7. After booting from the Live CD, it will load the Windows PE operating system inside the Live CD and start the Reset Windows Password program.

  8. By default, the program will display a list of local user accounts existing in your Windows SAM registry hive. If your server is a domain controller and you want to reset lost domain administrator password, please choose the Reset Active Directory Password option, the program will show your domain user accounts existing in the Active Directory database (ntds.dit).
  9. Choose the administrator account from the list, then click on Reset Password button, the program will reset your lost administrator password immediately.

The last step is to remove the Live CD and restart the server. You can then log into the administrator account of your Windows 2003 server. It’s simple as that! The Live CD could also be used to reset lost administrator password on Windows 2012/2008/2000 server.

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How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password for ThinkPad Laptop with UEFI BIOS

March 11th, 2013 by Admin

Hi! I have a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed, I forgot my password for the administrator account because I haven’t used it in so long, now I can’t log in. How can I reset or bypass the password?

Nowadays most ThinkPad laptops are shipped with Windows 8 pre-installed, and the traditional PC BIOS is replaced by UEFI. It can become a big issue if you forgot or lost Windows 8 password on a ThinkPad Laptop. There are many password cracking tricks and tools out there that can be used to unlock Windows password, but they don’t work any longer when you use it on ThinkPad laptop with UEFI BIOS. So here I’ll explain the steps of resetting lost Windows 8 password for ThinkPad laptop with UEFI BIOS.

How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password for ThinkPad Laptop with UEFI BIOS?

Password Recovery Bundle can reset lost Windows 8 password with the help of bootable media such as CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive, which can be easily created using the app itself. To get started, you’ll need another PC for downloading and installing the app in order to create the bootable disk.

Once downloaded and installed, click the “Windows Password” button to open the bootdisk creating window. Choose your target device (CD/DVD or USB flash drive) and click on “Start Burn” button to start creating the Windows password reset bootdisk for you. Once done, click the OK button and unplug the USB device or remove the CD/DVD.

Now insert the bootable CD/CD or USB drive into your locked ThinkPad laptop. Power on the machine and enter into BIOS. Navigate to the Startup tab. Change the UEFI/Legacy Boot option from UEFI to Both, and set the UEFI/Legacy Boot Priority option to Legacy First. Press F10 to save your changes.

When the computer restarts, quickly press F12 key repeatedly until you see the Boot Menu. Choose the CD or USB drive you’ve created from the Boot Menu. Sit back and let the system load some required files that are necessary to complete the password reset operation.

Once you are presented with the Reset Windows Password window, choose your Windows SAM registry file from the drop-down menu. This comes useful in case you’re running a dual boot machine. Once selected, the program will display a list of user accounts for your Windows installation.

Choose the user account that needs a password rest, and click on “Reset Password” button. It will blank your Windows 8 password instantly. It’s simple as that! Now click Restart button and reboot your machine.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully unlocked a Windows 8 Thinkpad laptop with UEFI BIOS.

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