Re: I forgot my administrator password! Help please

From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:40:33 +1000

"Jud" <jud@livingroom.com> wrote in message
news:MuqYc.713$017.566@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
>
> "ana" <ana.albir@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:256201c48dfe$d761d8a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am writing because I forgot my administrator password,
> > and because of this, I can't change it and choose a new
> > password. This means I can no longer use stand-by or
> > hibernate, because these oiption require the password to
> > activate the computer once more...Is there any way I can
> > retireve the password? or change it without knowing the
> > old one? Please help!
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Ana
> >
>
> If the machine is currently logged on with an account with administrator
> rights then
> goto control panel choose users and passwords and create a new user with
> administrator rights
> dont set a passsword for it as you will be removing it later.
> log off and log back on with the new account you just created, now you can
> set the password for the account who's password you dont know by going
into
> control panel-users and passwords, highlight the account with the unknown
> password and click "Set password"
>
> remove the account once you have done this as you dont need it
>
> Jud

I strongly disagree with your last recommendation. Newsgroups are
full of posts from people who have forgotten their admin password,
or who claim that the system will no longer let them in under the old
admin password. On the other hand there are no posts at all about
unauthorised access because of a second admin account.

The answer seems to be obvious: Treat your Windows installation
like your car - have two sets of admin accounts, same as you have
two sets of car keys. Anything else is, in my opinion, asking for
trouble.

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