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2 minutes ago, STC said:

 With due respect to your mum, I suggest that she recall all the passwords she used for other accounts. Once, I have forgotten the password to my NAS and it took me almost a month to crack it. Turned out to be one of the combination I am familiar with. Birthdates, marriage date, first date, pet’s name, son’s girlfriend name and etc etc. That’s the best option. The reason I am suggesting this numbers because I admin about 70 passwords for others and this is their most common ones. Try also favorite color, cars, movies, actors. 

Thanks for your reply , Her previous login password was set by me, and she reset a new password herself last week, but she forgot the new password, I don't know what the new password is ,I've tried a lot of numbers that can become passwords ,but they don't work .

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25 minutes ago, baskert said:

Thanks for your reply , Her previous login password was set by me, and she reset a new password herself last week, but she forgot the new password, I don't know what the new password is ,I've tried a lot of numbers that can become passwords ,but they don't work .

 

The proper thing is to have an admin account on her machine that you access and keep the password to.  Then worst case, if she forgets the password to her account, you can reset her account so she can pick a new one.  I know that doesn't help your current problem. 

 

I help several elderly people with such things, and passwords are the horror of it all.  As in your case, they change it and don't record it.  Or record several and you never know which is which.  So you really, really need to have the admin account on her machine. 

 

Now was she using a local account?  If not, if she was using her microsoft.com account, then they do have ways to recover/reset your password for you.  You can sign in to your microsoft.com account on other computers.  You'll type in the email address for that account and choose 'can't access your account'.  This will go thru one of various procedures that will get you the password.  

 

And if she normally used that account, at the login screen on Win 10, there is a "forgot my password" to choose.  So you can do the above even on her computer if needed.  

 

There is some information on this here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026971/microsoft-account-how-to-reset-your-password

And always keep in mind: Cognitive biases, like seeing optical illusions are a sign of a normally functioning brain. We all have them, it’s nothing to be ashamed about, but it is something that affects our objective evaluation of reality. 

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2 hours ago, TubeMan said:

 

There is also the utilman.exe trick:

 

https://sysadminstricks.com/tricks/windows-tricks/how-to-reset-administrator-password-on-windows-with-installation-media.html

 

It's already mentioned in this thread before, but Windows installation media is not absolutely necessary - the swap can be done with any Linux LiveCD that has NTFS support.

 

3 hours ago, baskert said:

She's a freelance writer. She writes her novels on the computer.

 

It probably depends on what kind of output format is needed. Almost all open source office suites can deal with Microsoft Word files. But there is no guarantee Word files from open source software would look totally identical when opened in Word. Exporting to PDF would make sure layout and fonts are totally under control. Layout capabilities in office software are quite unsophisticated however. So if InDesign level of output is expected, you're pretty much stuck with Windows or macOS.

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Roon Server and PLEX Media Server run on a Mac Mini (late 2012 / 512 GB SSD / 8GB RAM / 10.11.6)

 

Roon Bridge, Spotify (used for Spotify Connect) and Amarra sQ+ run on a Mac Mini (late 2012 / 64 GB SSD / 4GB RAM / 10.11.6) - connected to USB DAC

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On 8/4/2018 at 5:52 AM, esldude said:

Windows 8.1 however is considerably easier on the hardware.  8.1 runs faster than 7.  10 on the other hand is a resource hog

 

I believe MS deceived us when they use the hardware compatible test to encourage us to upgrade. My W7 to W10, although starts faster but performs slowers. Another pc from W7 to W10 killed it. Another HP, which was on sale where it says W8 downgraded to W7 but after upgrading to W8.1 refused to update W10. Both HP and MS asking me to talk to each other. I gave up. But a fresh current machine on W10 is the best you can have with Windows. 

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18 hours ago, baskert said:

She only started using Windows 10 in 2016. She has always been optimistic about Windows 10, but after forgetting her password, she cannot continue working on Windows 10, At the same time, she wondered if she was right for Windows 10

 

Get her a Macbook laptop. I've used every version of Windows since 3.1 (yes!) maybe with the exception of Vista. I've also used Mac OS X, and various flavors of Linux. I have a Macbook Pro as well as a Windows/Linux dual boot i9 (aorus). I've got Hackintosh, Windows 10, Linux servers. In short everything...

 

Mac OS X is the easiest for parents. By far... the GUI is the easiest.

Also I forbid my parents to use a password >6 characters and they need to give it to me.

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6 hours ago, loop7 said:

Roon Server and PLEX Media Server run on a Mac Mini (late 2012 / 512 GB SSD / 8GB RAM / 10.11.6)

 

Roon Bridge, Spotify (used for Spotify Connect) and Amarra sQ+ run on a Mac Mini (late 2012 / 64 GB SSD / 4GB RAM / 10.11.6) - connected to USB DAC

 

Lol, nice. I use Roon OS (ROCK) on a NUC - sounds fantastic.

 

But it doesn't help the OP's mum though, unfortunately ?

 

 

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19 hours ago, accwai said:

 

There is also the utilman.exe trick: 

 

https://sysadminstricks.com/tricks/windows-tricks/how-to-reset-administrator-password-on-windows-with-installation-media.html

 

It's already mentioned in this thread before, but Windows installation media is not absolutely necessary - the swap can be done with any Linux LiveCD that has NTFS support.

 

 

It probably depends on what kind of output format is needed. Almost all open source office suites can deal with Microsoft Word files. But there is no guarantee Word files from open source software would look totally identical when opened in Word. Exporting to PDF would make sure layout and fonts are totally under control. Layout capabilities in office software are quite unsophisticated however. So if InDesign level of output is expected, you're pretty much stuck with Windows or macOS.

I really appreciate your help .

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My mom and dad are using Windows 10 , Whatever their login password is , they write it down a piece of paper and put it somewhere they know .

You can help your mom install a Windows 10 password hacking tool , which can unlock locked computer , that's what my mom did .

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On 8/17/2018 at 2:28 PM, joasker said:

My mom and dad are using Windows 10 , Whatever their login password is , they write it down a piece of paper and put it somewhere they know .

You can help your mom install a Windows 10 password hacking tool , which can unlock locked computer , that's what my mom did . 

If you're interested, check out them .(From Google)

https://www.passfolk.com/windows-password-recovery.html#

https://www.recoverywindowspassword.com/bypass-windows-10-8-7-login-password.html

 

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Yeah , different OS won't solve the password problem , because they support different devices,there are limitations in some ways. 

But for these people who use Windows 10 , you can install a ISO files and burn them to USB drive from Micrsoft , or you can do that by other methods . 

https://www.passfolk.com/

https://www.iseepassword.com/how-to-make-bootable-usb-drive.html

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

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On 9/3/2018 at 9:16 AM, zzeeser said:

Yeah , different OS won't solve the password problem , because they support different devices,there are limitations in some ways. 

But for these people who use Windows 10 , you can install a ISO files and burn them to USB drive from Micrsoft , or you can do that by other methods . 

https://www.passfolk.com/

https://www.mobiledic.com/windows-topic/bypass-windows-password.html

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

That's why i create so many accounts on the same computer,login to one of these account and i can break or reset the password of the others.

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