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knn b - 11 Dec 2003 17:53 GMT

about ten months ago I bought a new dell with windows
xp. Now I want to download my tax info from my old
computer which used 95. I have not used it for all these
months and now it won't accept the windows password,
which is the one I used for almost ten years. I can't get
in and don't know where to turn. Any advise? Thanks

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gerry voras - 11 Dec 2003 21:18 GMT

start in safe mode, do a search for all files with the ".pwl" extension, and
delete them.

> about ten months ago I bought a new dell with windows
> xp. Now I want to download my tax info from my old
> computer which used 95. I have not used it for all these
> months and now it won't accept the windows password,
> which is the one I used for almost ten years. I can't get
> in and don't know where to turn. Any advise? Thanks

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Richard Harris - 16 Dec 2003 10:22 GMT

Just press escape when it asks you for a password. It will bypass the
password screen. You will then be able to search your hard disk for the
files you need

See - Windows 95/98 was VERY secure.

> start in safe mode, do a search for all files with the ".pwl" extension, and
> delete them.
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> > which is the one I used for almost ten years. I can't get
> > in and don't know where to turn. Any advise? Thanks

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