Mr Alewine

For a project for my class, IT521, I am trying to bring my Dell Inspiron back to life. It's a quality computer and done me well, but has recently kicked me out like a moody girlfriend. My password to log onto Windows no longer works, and before it was running incredibly slow.

So, this is my emergence response. I began with Dr. Pfaffman's suggestion to do a search Google serach for "Forgot Windows Password". I came across the Windows site resetwindowspassword.com, which is Microsoft's site for resetting a password. I found what I thought was a program to download, and began loading it to my Mac. I burned the program to a DVD and inserted it into my Dell. I then waited. Absolutely nothing happened.

I checked back over the site and found what I had downloaded was actually just a Demo. (Apparently my abilities to pay attention and follow directions are not where they should be.) The actual program is $19.95 for the least expensive version, so in the name of open source software, I moved on.

I then found the blog, geeksaresexy.blogspot.com, and there was a post for this very issue. The author suggested a certain program they found to be most effective, so I checked it out. The site was home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpassword. I was ready to begin downloading when I saw a warning that scared me away. "NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER!" flashed at the bottom of the screen with a message saying the site was not responsible for any damage done to my computer by downloading the program. I know I am being a bit of a wimp, but I didn't know if this was a sure sign to think twice about using this product or if it was normal to post it with websites like these. So I am waiting to ask someone who knows...