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Old April 13th 11, 12:56 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Default Who uses the Windows 7 password reset disc utility? It's great

On Apr 12, 9:34*am, RayLopez99 wrote:
Apparently they improved on the XP password reset disc. *Now, with
Windows 7, you can create a small file (initially on a USB stick) that
can then be stored anywhere. *Further, unlike in XP, once you have
this file created, no matter how often you change the password you no
longer have to create a new password reset disc.

So in 7 you can create this small file once, email it to yourself,
then if you ever forget your login, you can copy this file to a USB
stick and then get into your Windows 7 account again. *Very cool.

I understand there are utilities to do this as well, but this new (I
think it's new) feature in 7 is very handy.

RL


Even easier is to store you password in an encrypted file on another
drive or USB stick and keep it updated.

Andy