Re: Need Help with Administrator Password issue
- From: "ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 08:02:48 -0700
Resetting a Forgotten Password Tutorial
NOTES
- The built-in Administrator account is found on the Welcome
screen only if there are no other accounts available, other
than Guest, or when the computer is booted into Safe Mode.
- To make the Administrator account available as a user on the
"Welcome Screen" make sure that there are no accounts logged
in.
- The built-in Administrator account can create and change
passwords for all users, but cannot restore a forgotten one.
- When a password is changed, that account will lose all
encrypted files, personal certificates and stored Internet
Explorer passwords or network resources.
- Press "CTRL-ALT-DEL" twice to get the classic Windows logon
box. Enter in the logon box: "Administrator". If this account
has a password then enter it, otherwise leave the it blank.
- Recovering a password is much more difficult. Using a
cracking program can take weeks!
RESET A PASSWORD USING THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT
1. Boot into Safe Mode.
2. Log on using the built-in Administrator account.
3. Open: 'Control Panel-->User Accounts'.
4. On the Users tab, select a user name, click on "Change
my password" or "Remove my password".
RESET A PASSWORD AT THE LOGON SCREEN WITH THE COMMAND PROMPT
At the logon screen, press Shift+F10 to open a Command Prompt with adminisrative priviledges and type:
net user {username} {password}
{username} = The Account's User Name
{password} = This will be the new password
RESET A PASSWORD USING MICROSOFT'S ERD COMMANDER
1. Download a 30 day trial from here:
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 5.0 64 MB
(Trial only, no longer sold)
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Diagnostics-and-Recovery-Toolset.shtml
2. Install it, run it then burn the image to a CD.
3. Boot the CD and run the Locksmith Wizard, found under
'Start-->System Tools'.
4. The Locksmith Wizard is very easy to use, just select an
account and input a new password. Too easy!
RESET A PASSWORD USING "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor"
Bootable CD 3 MB or floppy 1.5 MB (Freeware):
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
- This disc can set, reset or unlock the password of any
user account. - You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.
- Works with Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista.
RESET A PASSWORD USING "NT Password Hack"
This will blank the Administrator password 4 MB (Freeware):
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/tools/ntpassword/ntpasswordhack.zip
RECOVER A PASSWORD USING THE "Login Recovery" WEB SERVICE
Login Recovery is a service to recover passwords for Windows NT,
2000, XP, 2003 and Vista (Fast = $30, 3-day wait = Free):
http://www.loginrecovery.com/index.php
LINKS
How to reset the Administrator's password:
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
EFS, Credentials, and Private Keys from Certificates Are
Unavailable After a Password Is Reset:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290260/en-us
Administrator and User Passwords in Windows XP:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm
ju.c
"AAAsMom" <AAAsMom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:805BE424-CB32-46E3-B24C-D0377F6D208A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I recently bought a used computer. It has xp on it and the only way to gain access to it is with the administrator password. I don't have a clue as to what it is and when I go it safe mode and click without a password it asks me for it. I can't get the control panel up or any other help screen without the password. When I hit F8 and my choices come up, there is not one for DOS prompting or even a comand prompt. Should I get one of those disks that says it is for rebooting windows? I have tried every trick I can find. Anyone have any other suggestions? Also, I don't have a Windows Xp disk..
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