administrative password

[Guest]

I am a windows vista home user and I changed the administrative password. I
did not fill up the password hint question. Today, when I try to log on the
computer, my password is not accepted and when I try to restore it asks for a
floppy or a flash drive. Please let me know how I can reset my password
without having to reinstall vista.

Thanks

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,

try booting into Safe Mode (by pressing F8 before Windows starts). There,
you may be able to logon as "Administrator" without giving a password.
If the first doesn't help, try this:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Marta

It's asking for a floppy or flash drive because you should always follow the
instructions to create a Password Reset Disk when creating or changing a
password.

Your recovery options will depend on what type of Vista Installation Disk
you have.

Was Vista already pre-installed when you bought the computer?
If not, do you have a Vista upgrade or full installation disk?

Let us know.

 

[Guest]

Hello Ronnie,
thank you for the reply. I bought the system preinstalled with the OS. I do
not have a password recovery disk. I did try to log on in safe mode, but
could not log in. Any help would be appreciated.

Marta

 

[Guest]

Hello Di Stolfo,
thank you for the post. I did try logging on safe mode but the user
"administrator" was not available. I tried to login using my user account
which I believe is the admin account, but was not successful.

I read the information on the link you sent me. Would I be able to download
the file to a CD and follow instructions to reset the password? I am not very
familiar with booting from CD. How can I do this?

Thanks
Marta

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Marta

The link to the password recovery disk
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/, although a free program, can be a
daunting process for anyone who is not familiar with such things as burning
an ISO file as an image and creating it as a bootable CD.

The program that I recommend is not free, but it is very automatic. You
simply place a blank CD recordable disk in the drive and start the program.
The CD will automatically be created. You then place the CD in the drive and
reboot. All of the user accounts on the system will be shown on a screen,
just select the account that where you want to reset the password and press
Enter.

This program costs about 40 USD and is available at the following website.

Windows Password Recovery Software XP VISTA 2003 2000 NT:
http://www.password-changer.com/