How to Reset Master Password of Mozilla Thunderbird

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Master password must be used in Mozialla Thunderbird to protect list of saved password in thunderbird. Any user can see and use passwords which are saved in thunderbird. Master password will prompt at every time when anyone tries to open password protected item.

If you lost master password then you could not open any password protected items in this situation thunderbird master password recovery is required by a mail password recovery software to get access all password protected items.

Here I am going to explain, how to set, change, remove and recover master password of Mozilla thunderbird. Follow the steps given below.

How to set master password:

It is quite easy to set master password on Mozilla thunderbird

1.     Launch Mozilla thunderbird

2.     Click on Tools.

3.     In Tools click on Options.

4.     In option popup windows click on Privacy tab.

5.     In privacy tab click on Password.

6.     And then Set Master Password.

Change Master Password: To change master password follow first 5 steps from setting master password but in 6th step click on Change Master Password. And enter new password and confirm new password.

Remove Master Password:

     7. Launch Mozilla thunderbird

     8. Click on Tools.

     9. In Tools click on Options.

   10. In option popup windows click on Privacy tab.

   11. In privacy tab click on Password.

   12. And then Remove Master Password.

Reset Master Password: If you lost or forget master password then there is easy way to disable master password feature from Mozilla thunderbird. But note one thing that “By resetting master password will remove all information of stored password”.

Choose Tools -> Error Console, paste the expression: openDialog("chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul") and press the Evaluate button. That will open a dialog asking you if you want to reset your password.

If your master password still not reset by above procedure then you need to use Email password recovery software to reset your lost password.

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Fix Error message “Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction”

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Fix Error message “Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction”

There may be chances when you have faced this error message on your screen. Let us read more to know why this error comes. Actually at the time of windows XP home edition installation, windows ask to set windows administrator password, you need to set password that you can easily remember. After windows XP installation has been completed, administrator account can be access in safe mod only. If you will try to access administrator account in normal mode you will receive error message “Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction”.

Windows offers solution of above error message, the simple solution of above error message is that change administrator password that has been set at the time of installation of windows XP. Follow the steps given below to change windows administrator password.

Click Start, click Turn Off Computer, and then click Restart.

1. After the computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST), press F8, and then click Safe mode.
   
   NOTE: If you have difficulty getting to the Safe mode menu command, press F8 repeatedly after you turn on the computer.
   
2. Log on as an Administrator, or with another account that has Administrator permissions.
   
3. Click Start, click Settings, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts.
   
4. Click the Administrator icon.
   
5. Click Create a Password or Change my password.
   
6. Type a password for the account, and then retype the password to confirm it.
   
7. Type a hint to help you remember the password in the event that you forget it.
   
8. Click Create Password or Change Password.
   

Above method will only work if you remember windows administrator password, if you forget it, above method will not work for you. To overcome this situation you can use windows password recovery software to reset lost or forgotten admin password.

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How I Can Recover Lost Outlook PST Password

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--> MS Outlook is use to receive confidential Email related to business. In MS outlook all mails and personal data is store in PST (Personal Storage Table) files. To impose security on the confidential emails and data users can protect it with PST password. But this PST password some times become problem for the user when they lost or forget it. At this point of time PST password recovery is required. PST password recovery software is required to recover lost PST password.


Remove PST Password :

In order to make PST compatible with later versions of Outlook, Microsoft provides a utility called pst19upg.exe. The process requires a space of about three times the size of the original PST. The first file should be backed up and scanned using scanpst.exe. Then pst19upg. exe can be used in the files via command line as:

'C: My Documentspst19upg.exe'-x outlook.pst.

Note: full path may vary pst19upg.exe

A copy of the PST file is created, but with the extension .psx. You can then rename the original PST and use of 'C: My Documentspst19upg.exe'-i filename.psx for password free PST file. We can scan and opens it in Outlook for use. The utility has two basic limitations: Does not support Unicode format of Outlook 2003 and 2007, and secondly, it may fail in some cases.

PST Password Recovery

Outlook Password Recovery is possible because the technique for storage of PST password allows password recovery using special tools. Outlook uses 32-bit hash value to store the password that can be generated using CRC32 (Cyclic Redundancy Check32) algorithm. Therefore, any value that can match the corresponding CRC value can be used to open the locked PST. Commercial PST Password Recovery programs make it feasible to get these matching set of passwords. Therefore we have to decode and carry out the complex process that is complex. Thus we need not decode it and carry out the complex procedure that is complex. These Outlook Password Recovery programs give interactive interface and are safe due to their read-only nature.

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How to Change or Remove Password of MS Access Database

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Once you share password with anyone due to any reason then it is quite possible it may be misuse. Due to some urgent or demanding office task suppose you have shared the password with someone. Once you have shared password of mdb files then that user is authorized to do changes and use all resources of that database. So it is always advisable to change or remove previous password from MS access database after that task get over. MS access has option to change or remove password.

Here you can read some methods to apply so that you can change or remove password of MS access database. The NewPassword method is used for changing or removing password. Follow the code written below, this code for changing password “password1” to “password2” of the access database “accessdatabase.mdb”.

By NewPassword Method:

Sub ChangeDBPassword ()

Dim Db As Database

Set Db = OpenDatabase("C:\My Documents\MyDB.mdb",True, _

False,";pwd=MyPassword1")

Db.NewPassword "MyPassword1","MyPassword2"

Db.Close

End Sub

By CompactDatabase method:

Sub CompactDB ()

' Compact the database, supplying the password

DBEngine.CompactDatabase "C:\My Documents\MyDB.mdb", _

"C:\My Documents\Test.MDB", dbLangGeneral, dbVersion30, _

";pwd=MyPassword1"

End Sub

Above method will change MS access database password. But above code not handle the possibility of trying to open the database with the wrong password, which would generate an error.

Remove password from MS Access Database: It is quite easy to remove password from MS Access database. You can do it with NewPassword method by using empty string for second parameter of the NewPassword method.

Db.NewPassword "MyPassword2", ""

Applying Password on Access Database: You can also apply password on access database files with the use of NewPassword method. You need to just make slight changes in the code. Use empty string first and write password of your choice in second parameter.

Db.NewPassword "", "MyPassword1"

MS Access lost password Recovery: It is difficult to do changes on access database if you forget the database password. To apply above methods you must have access of your database files. Lost password can be recovered with accesspassword recovery software. These tools will recover lost password in few mouse click.

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How to Change or Remove Password of MS Excel Workbook

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MS excel is mostly use for creating report of business transactions with useful information. To secure the information from unauthorized viewer users put strong password on excel files. Users can set to type of password on MS excel workbook, password to modify and password to open. Sometimes users have to share these passwords with others due to several reasons. Now user need to change or remove password from the excel file because it has been shared with someone. It is very easy to change excel password with follow instruction as written below.

How to change MS excel password:
1. Open the workbook.
2. On the File menu, click Save As.
3. On the Tools menu, click General Options.
4. In the Password to open or Password to modify box, double-click the asterisks.
5. Type the new password and then click OK.
6. When prompted, retype the new password, and then click OK.
7. Click Save.

8. If prompted, click yes to replace the existing workbook.

How to remove MS excel password: This procedure is almost same as changing password but at the last step it is little bit different.
1. Open the workbook.
2. On the File menu, click Save As.
3. On the Tools menu, click General Options.
4. In the Password to open or Password to modify box (or in both boxes), double-click the asterisks and then press the DELETE key.
5. Click OK, and then click Save.
6. Click yes to replace the existing workbook.

How to recover MS excel password: If you have forget excel password then MS excel will not allow you to open excel workbook without having password. In this situation you could not change or remove password. You need Excel password recovery to regain access of your workbook. You can do it with excel password recovery software.

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How to recover lost or forgotten PST password of outlook and outlook express

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--> MS outlook is most used email client application. All information such as emails, attachments, task, journals, notes and other objects are save in.pst files format. In today's world all type of business communication is done by emails so it is important to make these .pst files password protected so that no one can access your important emails and other documents without your permission. But problem is created when you lost or forget password of these pst files. Without password you won't be able to access your emails and other objects. To overcome to this situation Outlook PST Password Recovery is required, this can be perform by using pst password recovery software.
The main reason of outlook pst password is that people always keep changing password after few days, due to security reasons. But sometime it is difficult to remember several passwords together and confusion arise. Another reason of PST password loss could be stolen by someone.
Usually users keep the backup of all important data and communication which they perform with clients on email space. So it may be possibility that to harm your business someone hack or stolen your outlook password. Few more possible reasons of PST password loss are given below:

• Loss of page where you have written outlook pst password.
  
• You are using outlook after long time and you don't have any idea of your password.
  
• You have forgotten your outlook mail as well as pst password.
  
  How much loss will you suffer if you forget the password of your Outlook PST file? All your daily important mails, contacts, appointments, tasks and meetings are all lost only because of a little mistake that you haven't properly wrote down your password at a safe place so that you can cross check anytime later on without any inconvenience.
  

Luckily we have Outlook PST password recovery software as best solution for lost pst password recovery. This tool is self explanatory and didn't require any technical knowledge to use it. Just run software and get your password in few mouse clicks.

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How To Reset Windows Admin Password With Ubuntu

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Are you in a situation where you have lost password of windows based admin account. If it is yes then don't worry I have solution which is very simple & economic. You just need to Install Ubuntu (A free Linux Based OS) and follow the simple steps written below to recover windows admin password. This is very unique method of Windows Password Recovery where Internet connection is required.

First I will describe how to install Ubuntu (OS) because it is new for several users, then I will describe how to recover lost windows password with it. You need to install Ubuntu on existing hard drive on which windows is installed.

1. Go to Ubuntu site and download the latest Ubuntu ISO Operating System.

2. Use one of the free ISO burning application to create a bootable CD of Ubuntu. Of course, you need another PC to do this.

3. Use Ubuntu Live CD to boot into the live version of the OS.

4. Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager.

5. Then Settings > Repositories

6. Once the window "Software Sources" appears, make sure to select "Software restricted by copyright or legal issues", then click Close.

7. Click Reload in the Synaptic package manager.

8. Click Search and type 'chntpw.

9. Once the 'chntpw' application is found, right-click in it and "mark for installation".

10. Click "Apply on Summary window," and also to confirm the changes.
** Remember that an Internet connection is required for the above steps. If there is no availability of a connection, a USB flash drive is required. **

12. Next, we mount the Windows drive. In Ubuntu, go to Places > Select the appropriate drive.

13. The last step is actually reset the password through the terminal in Linux.

14. In Ubuntu go to Applications> Accessories> Terminal.

15. Type 'Cd /media/disk/WINDOWS/system32/config /’ in the terminal window.

16. Type 'sudo chntpw SAM’.

17. This by default will change the administrator password. For a change to a particular user. Type 'sudo-u username chntpw SAM.

18. Then you will see a long display of information, most of which can be ignored.

19. The next step is actually reset the Windows password. It is recommended that the password blank with an asterisk *.

20. You will then need to confirm the change with a Y, and reboot.

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