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1029usr078198
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 Posted - October 02 2008 : 07:29:24
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Listen now. or Download the archive.
Question: I have lost my Administrator password, is there a way to retrieve the password on XP Home?
Answer: The Administrator account is a special account. All Windows computers have one. You have a couple of things to consider here. First, a lot of the time, the Administrator account has a blank password. I almost suggested you try that, but... then I re-read the message. You mention XP Home. You can only log into the built-in Administrator account when you boot in Safe mode. XP Pro doesn't have this restriction. However, if you need to get at the password, the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows has a startup option that runs Linux and lets you reset or blank out the password. Once you can get in as Administrator, you can set any user's password. There's another program, called Ophcrack that I'll have a link to in the show notes that you can use.
Cool Site: www.weightview.com: Ever wonder what you’d look like 10 or 20 pounds lighter? With Weightview.com, you can find out. I have heard of some folks who put a picture of a pig in the refrigerator so they have to look at it every time they open it. The purpose, of course, is to help give them willpower; but this image is a negative one and not everyone responds to that sort of thing. Weightview shows your goal appearance. As they say on the site, “Our goal is to provide the motivation to enable you to succeed regardless of which diet program you feel works best for you. Do more than just imagine what you might look like. WeightView will help you... With your WeightView image, you can print out results, save it on your screen, pin it on your wall, post it on the fridge, keep it in your wallet, even download the results to your cell phone - we provide a tangible, visual tool to strengthen your motivation and resolve!!” I could use it.
Cool Gadget: Foxit Reader: Do you ever need to open PDFs? What are PDFs? PDF stands for Portable Document Format and is opened by what is now called the Adobe Reader, or Adobe Acrobat. It’s used for printed files of all kinds because just about any computer can open and read documents saved this way. The IRS uses this format if you download any of their forms. But the biggest problem with Adobe’s software is performance. If you’ve ever started any Adobe software product, you know how long it takes it to open. You could almost go get a cup of coffee by the time it finishes “loading and certifying” all the little pieces it needs. It also takes up a lot of memory and then doesn’t always shut down when you close the document. Well, today’s gadget is a free software gadget called the Foxit Reader. You can download it from www.foxitsoftware.com. We’ll have a link to it in our show notes, which are now caught up, at daconsult.com/forums.
It's All “Geek” To Me: Resolution: Last week, our Geek term was Pixel. This week, we’ll talk about “resolution”. Resolution goes hand-in-hand with Pixel, because resolution is that characteristic of video displays that pixels measure. For example, suppose your screen has 800 pixels across and 600 pixels up and down. Your screen “resolution” would be 800 x 600, and it’s written with the 800, an “x” and then the 600, in just the same way as an 8 x 10 photo is 8 inches across and 10 inches up and down. Common screen resolutions today are: 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, and 1440 x 933. Standard-definition TV sets have a resolution of 720 x 480.
Links
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows: http://www.ubcd4win.com
Ophcrack: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/
PC Login Now (the one I couldn’t think of): http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=231735
Weightview: http://www.weightview.com
Foxit Reader: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/
Wikipedia Pixel Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel
LearnThat Definition: http://www.learnthat.com/define/view.asp?id=27
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9/26/2008-Passwords,Weightview,Foxit Reader,Pixel
