Aspire 5560g Laptop (Ancient I know)

deeg25

It's been so long since I used this Laptop and I have forgotten the password. Is there any way that I can retrieve it? Please help - I'm going MAD!!!

Sobe

Are you trying to log in on the Windows sign in screen?  You can try this route:

On Windows, there is a hidden account named Administrator. Most of the time, this account has no password set.

That means that you can start your computer with this account, open the Control Panel to delete or change the password of any users and fix your problem.

To do this requires a few simple steps:

• Boot your computer and immediately press on the F8 key repeatedly until your computer displays the boot menu.
• With the arrow keys, choose Safe Mode and press the Enter key.
• On the home screen click on Administrator.
• If you have no home screen, type Administrator and leave the password field as blank.
• Click on the Start menu in the bottom left corner, go in the Control Panel, then in User Accounts you can change any user passwords easily.

This method may or may not work depending on which operating system you are running.

**If you forgot it, and the pw hint doesn't help, the only way is to reinstall Windows.