Vista Dell reset to factory settings problem

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brock10000

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I just restored my Dell Inspiron to it's original factory settings.

It has Vista Home 32 bit. I got the "Reset was succesfull" screen.

Now at start up I get my user name (there was always only one user acct.) and when I type my password it does not accept my password.

It may be possible that when I purchased the computer three years ago I used a different password and then changed it and have just forgatten that I did that but I doubt it.

Should I just throw this thing away or is ther any solution to get past the welcome screen?
 

My Computer

System One

Maybe there is no password at all at factory settings?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS720
    CPU
    Intel Quad Q6600 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell 0YU822, NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP / SLI MCP
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 800MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 1024 MB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2407WFP-HC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    NVIDIA 640GB SATA Raid 0 (2x320GB) (7200 rpm) for Vista, Intel X25-M G2 160 GB for W7, Maxtor OT III External HDD, WD Elements 1 TB External HDD
    Internet Speed
    100/20
    Other Info
    M779 PCIe PAL/SECAM/DVB-T Desktop TV Tuner. Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller.
Try this.....

Boot into Safe mode

Create a new administrator account with password.

Reboot using that account.

Delete the old, non working account.

Hope this helps.
 

My Computer

System One

Submarine said:
Maybe there is no password at all at factory settings?
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Was my first thought.

But the welcome screen has my user name "Brock".

Ofcourse the Dell factory didn't know I was going to buy that machine so it's obvious to me it restored itself to some point just forward of the factory settings.
 

My Computer

System One

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