The husband of a friend of my downstairs neighbor recently died. His widow has asked my neighbor if there is any way to log into her deceased husband's computer if she does not know the password. Apparently there is information on the computer that would help her deal with her husband's passing.

I told her (my neighbor) that it was unlikely that there would be any reasonable way to access the information. Was I correct? The neighbor will bring the computer to me, but I haven't the faintest idea of how I might proceed.

Is there a way within my capabilities and resources to retrieve data from the computer?

This is legitimate, my neighbor is 100% trustworthy.

tanstaafl.