Wifey's computer shut down overnight, and now it wants her password.

It refuses to accept the only password we have ever used on that computer.

What can we do?

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

This will do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_HThU7MFwI&mode=related&search=

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Can you go into safe mode?

You can always format the HD but of course she'll lose her data.

There are password crackers you can use but they aren't terribly user friendly.

Dumb question: are you sure the caps lock is off when entering the p/w.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

CAPS LOCK was the first thing I checked.
Thanks

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

If you have multiple accounts on the puter log in with one of those and change the password.

Did she have a password to begin with?

You may have to buy cracking software or find someone who has it.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/316013/hack_windows_vista/

How to reset Windows Vista (or 2000/XP) password with a
special Linux distro when you are locked out your own system;
this video describes how to do it on a Mac but it will work on any pc.

Thanks for the replies. ( except for the .50 caliber one)
Before I could download the files and give it a try, the wife called the computer manufacturer and we got enough assistance over the phone to allow me to reset the password.\Thanks again for the suggestions.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags