Thread: [SOLVED, read anyway!] Soy needs help with Vista password issue right away.

So I went to lunch and took my laptop with me.

I worked on a memo while drinking beer and eating some pizza.

I close my laptop.

I get back to the office and open my laptop.

I enter my VERY familiar password, it says it's incorrect; I enter again; and again and again!

Something broke! I know I didnt forget it; trust me.

Problem is, I have no other accounts on that laptop and there is no magic admin account on a safe mode login like XP has.

It is critical I get in there pronto. I have been googling solutions and they all require external software thus far. When I have some time I know I can get all my stuff back. But right now I am screwed. Any ideas or help woiuld be more than appreciated.

When I fix this I am backing up all my data and ordering a new laptop disk...

lol lol lol

I tried to access my directories from another computer and my PW worked fine... so I carefully watched the dots appear as I typed.. one of them did not appear. Further inspection revealed a piece of fingernail clipping stuck under one of the keys.

I am n00b hear me roar.

Silly cat.

Aren't you a PC mod?

Let this be a lesson.. No clipping your fingernails over the keyboard.

This happened to my father in law once. He was going nuts trying to unlock his laptop. I kept asking if he changed it and he kept saying no. I watched him type to see one of the * not come up. One of his keys was jammed also. It was kind of funny watching he try to figure out what was up.