From: info@thecomputerdood.com   
      
   Bill wrote:   
   > 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   
   Win95/98 does not validate passwords like NT/2000/XP does.  The password   
   is mainly to set up a "USER PROFILE".  So that each user can have   
   his/her profile remembered.  Like they said, either change the password,   
   or delete the .PWL file, once you are in.   
   Tell her the most important part is the retrieve the data.  Win95 is   
   PRE-USB, so you may not have a good means to get data off the machine,   
   unless you have a floppy (sometimes built in), or can attach to the   
   internet.  Old hardware can lose data quickly.   
      
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