Most people never bother to password-protect their computers, but several of Windows Vista’s built-in applications and features require a password for your user ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. How many passwords do you have? It is not difficult to imagine that many of us ...

If you’ve forgotten your Windows password, there are several utilities to reset it. One of them is Windows’ own System Recovery Disk. As a side note, this password reset trick, which takes just ten ...

To create a password reset disk, follow these steps: Insert your removable media. Open User Accounts by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking User Accounts and Family Safety, and ...

In Windows Vista, the administrator has almost complete control over the operating system and its user accounts. Because the administrator has such authority over the OS, however, Windows Vista ...

The account you’re logged in with will open, and in the panel on the left side of the window you’ll find the option, “Create a password reset disk.” That launches a wizard that will prompt you to ...

Ensure you'll never accidentally get locked out of your PC: create a password recovery disk for Windows XP. XP is the most secure of all Windows versions. However, if you have one Administrative ...

Jimmie Bates wants to know if he should ever update his Windows recovery disk. I checked with Microsoft to get the full story, and here’s what I found out. Windows 8 and 10 have a built-in tool to ...

We’ve all been there before. You put a brand-spanking-new password on your Windows computer, then promptly continue to use it without rebooting for several weeks ...

Q. My son forgot his Windows password. He didn't tie it to a Microsoft account and we don't have an operating system disk or password reset disk. Is there a way to reset the password? A. Passwords, by ...