From: GreenieLeBrun@hotmail.com   
      
   "Bill"  wrote in message   
   news:Xln9i.17082$Ut6.2092@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   > My widowed daughter recently retrieved her late husbands laptop from their   
   > storage bin to use for a project.   Unfortunately, when she turned it on   
   > it prompted with her late husband's name and "Password!".  I haven't   
   > looked at the thing, but it's not a new laptop and I suspect it was   
   > running W98.  As I recall, that wasn't a strong password and from a few   
   > years back I remember there were messages about how to get around it.   
   > Probably a common issue, but looking back through posted messages in this   
   > group (mostly porn ads & $$begs) I didn't see any such messages. Anybody   
   > remember the W98 P/W workaround?   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   > Bill   
      
   Basically you boot to DOS, go to the windows directory and delete the .pwl   
   file/s.   
      
   http://www.governmentsecurity.org/articles/BreakingWindows98Passwords.php   
      
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