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Anonymous asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 10 years ago

Windows Vista, Need Help | Urgent?

I got a virus on my Toshiba laptop yesterday and my login password was changed, and my password hint is "haha".

I called Microsoft and theres a fee to fix this.

Can anyone help me? It's a business computer!

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  • Mike S
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    As long as there is no password to the BIOS screen...you may want to try this.........

    To make a new account with Administrative privledges....reboot the computer.....when you see the black screen...tap f8 repeatedly till you see a black screen with white lettering....select with your keyboard arrows Safe Mode....then hit enter....the administrators screen should appear..click on and enter...no password is required...the go to start > control panel > users accounts...and click on make new account........from there you can make a new account with admin rights and password protect it....once done...log off....follow the intructions above and log in Normal Mode instead of Safe Mode....once done...you will see the new account appear and just log in...............

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    It's useless. your locked out of your computer. Microsoft will have to fix it now. It's ur only chance. but you can try the hint you know. Type 'haha' in the password thing & that might help!

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Haha

  • 4 years ago

    Why no longer try that. some manufacturers, will positioned a secure practices on their restoration disks so it can not artwork on different computers. if it is so, play it clever ,Take out your HDD and positioned your friends HDD on your laptop and use your restoration Disk. then positioned it back in his laptop. accomplished. OR acquire a duplicate of domicile windows vista of the internet and burn it to a disk then boot your friends pc from it. and enter the serial quantity

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