administrator password

[Guest]

Hi,
I installed XP and since updating to sp2 I can't install anything new. For
example, I installed sound drivers, they began working immediately, but the
system asked for a reboot. I rebooted, when the system came back up, the
sound drivers were not installed. When I log in the automatic update program
always finds the same security patch to apply, I apply it, but after the
required restart, the patch hasn't been applied, and the auto-update finds it
again.
During the install, I created a user account for myself. When the machine
first booted, the login prompt was for Administrator account, which I assumed
existed by default. I could not log in to it though. I don't have the
password it seems to require.
Any ideas what's going on?
thx.
bm

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Hi,
I installed XP and since updating to sp2 I can't install anything new. For
example, I installed sound drivers, they began working immediately, but the
system asked for a reboot. I rebooted, when the system came back up, the
sound drivers were not installed. When I log in the automatic update program
always finds the same security patch to apply, I apply it, but after the
required restart, the patch hasn't been applied, and the auto-update finds it
again.
During the install, I created a user account for myself. When the machine
first booted, the login prompt was for Administrator account, which I assumed
existed by default. I could not log in to it though. I don't have the
password it seems to require.
Any ideas what's going on?
thx.
bm

Hi

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321305


If that doesn't work out, you might try to reset the local
Administrator password with one of the methods mentioned here:

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

 

[Guest]

Good advice from Torgeir. I have used Petter's Linux password cracker floppy
and CD numerous times on NT-based machines that either spontaneously lost the
password (it happens) or the user forget or left (happens far more
frequently). In one case a network administrator died in a car wreck leaving
a WAN of 200 machines with non-standard Admin passwords. The Linus floppy
solved all those by resetting the password to null. The directions are a
little hard to understand for average users, but with perserverence it can be
done.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Cheers,

Russell