Forgot login password! HELP PLEASE!

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mmanson123

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Hello,
my acer mini aspire 1 laptop that i got a couple years ago has locked me out. i changed a few settings the last time i used it. so i think the next time i turned my laptop on it made me type my password to log in. problem is... i dont remembet it. because i havent had to ever put it in b4 when i want to use my laptop. what thing(s) can i do to log back in!?
 

christop

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You had to have set up a password at some point. I t wouldn't just one day add a password. You might have to call Acer on this one. I am not sure anyone on here will help you as we can't verify you are the owner of the laptop.
 

Chirag Borawake

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If it is windows XP, Ctrl+Alt+Del, then just type your username as 'Administrator', and keep the password as blank, and hit 'Enter'.
It will do the trick.
You can also try it on Vista or Windows 7.
 

mmanson123

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it is not working, all it says is " unable to log you on because of an account restriction." should i just give up and pay the acer people to reset it?
 
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