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Cooking & Baking

usonian

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3. There are ways to get into a locked computer. A bit techie, though.

Reply to NJCher (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:14 PM

11 hrs ago

I have used a System Rescue CD at work --- who supports CD's any more?

Worst case, you can boot off a CD or thumb drive (usually loaded with a very small Linux OS), mount the system disk, and read files, presumably copy them over. Or hack the registry, but that's an order of magnitude more tricky.

Maybe you can post on Computer Help. There are a lot of windows users who might have a more reasonable fix.

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When you see your recipes in a $4 million book [View all] usonian 16 hrs ago OP

Thank you so much for posting this. I am not familiar with either Nagi niyad 16 hrs ago #1

I won't be patronizing Penguin anymore NJCher 12 hrs ago #2

There are ways to get into a locked computer. A bit techie, though. usonian 11 hrs ago #3

thanks, usonian NJCher 10 hrs ago #4

Best to ask advice here and help from a nearby Windoze expert. usonian 7 hrs ago #5