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Comment by Dave M. on Forgot Your Windows Password? Do This Now... (April 11, 2025 11:40 PM)
I couldn't get this to work for me. Digging a little deeper, I discovered that I am signed in with my Microsoft account. I don't really understand thi...
Comment by BDD on Forgot Your Windows Password? Do This Now... (April 11, 2025 03:03 AM)
I just reset my password it was pretty fast, time spent less than 5 min. Two emails with codes then I made up a new account. Eazzy pizzy...
Comment by R. Smith on Forgot Your Windows Password? Do This Now... (April 10, 2025 11:27 AM)
I hate the PW entry process. MS OS without a password would be best for me. How does one do that?...
Comment by John W Seager on Forgot Your Windows Password? Do This Now... (April 10, 2025 03:25 AM)
Many thanks for the information about recovering my Microsoft account it, worked a miracle after many months of failures. cheers, John....
Comment by howard on Forgot Your Windows Password? Do This Now... (April 9, 2025 05:26 AM)
this happened 3 or 4 years ago, not sure exactly what or why it happened, not sure if windows 7 or 10 pro, no password had been set up, went to do som...
Comment by chris on Forgot Your Windows Password? Do This Now... (April 8, 2025 06:26 PM)
I use a rolodex card file and write down all of my passwords....
Comment by Ken D on Geekly Update - 03 April 2025 (April 6, 2025 05:08 PM)
How about using 0Patch to keep Win 10 updated? https://0patch.com/index.html...
Comment by Wolf on Erase Your Hard Drive - The Nuclear Option? (April 5, 2025 10:47 PM)
This is a fantastic and informative article, Bob. I use PrivaZer to secure erase individual files. There is also a feature to wipe the "free space" on...
Comment by D Wms on Erase Your Hard Drive - The Nuclear Option? (April 5, 2025 04:18 PM)
Between your excellent article and the comments section so far, have learned a LOT and offer much thanks! ...
Comment by bb on Erase Your Hard Drive - The Nuclear Option? (April 5, 2025 03:42 PM)
The free parted magic Linux boot disk has a Secure Erase included. Can do the regular or enhanced SE. Much easier interface than the CMRR program. ...
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...Upgrade to Vista?
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