As the computer boots up you will need to press a manufacturer specified hotkey in order to boot to the Recovery Partition on your harddrive. Once there you can follow the on-screen instructions.
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You didn't say what the operating system is so please provide that information.
Are there any other users who can successfully log on? I ask because you say you are locked out yet it's your daughter who set the password?
Doing a factory reset is going to cause you to lose all programs and whatever other items such as documents, photos, music, emails that have been saved since then.
Are you able to boot to safe mode and log into the built-in Administrator account? This can only be done if it was previously enabled but worth a shot.
Are you able to boot to safe mode and log into the built-in Administrator account? This can only be done if it was previously enabled but worth a shot.
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