I have been given a dell with windows vista on it........
It has pictures on it that the owner wants recovered.
two logins but passwords are forgotten .... help

Its a person who isnt swimming in cash wanting the pictures out

I have been off the windows fixing scene for a while so need a bit help
thanks in advance

[Edited on 9-11-20 by mangogrooveworkshop]


UPDATE
I have gained access to one of the users logins but the main one is locked shut ....... ideas please

[Edited on 9-11-20 by mangogrooveworkshop]

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/create-a-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive-the-easy-way/

Linux boot stick will get you what you want.

Or just pull the drive out and and stick it in another machine, assuming it's not encrypted.

https://paul.is-a-geek.org/aio-srt/

and

https://youtu.be/UhmFEaxEP34

I've used this before with success many times:

https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

It sets the password to be nothing