Lost Windows Vista password

Our non-profit has a Levono G500 with Vista installed. The person who was the user unfortunately recently passed away - and now we have no way of accessing the system as no one knows the password to Windows. I am pretty sure that we have to reload the OS - but of course we don't get the disks when we buy a system . .  .so....anyone know how to one would go about getting the Windows Vista installation disks that match up with the product key on the back of the machine?
Any assistance is appreciated - I can't seem to find any mention of this on any of the forums . . .

jvpiii, welcome to the forum,
Calling support might be an idea.
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