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Question

Laptop passwords.

Mar 22, 2017 4:22AM PDT

I have been gifted with 2 laptops from my Wife's late Brother-in-Law's estate. They appear to be password protected. Can I get round this or is it not that easy?

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Google NTPASSWD (free).
Mar 22, 2017 4:25AM PDT

Takes 5-10 minutes.
Dafydd.

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I still use NTPASSWD for a 5 minute job.
Mar 22, 2017 7:30AM PDT