Administrators password

[Bob]

Help: I goofed and installed Roxio on my Win XP business machine. Right
now when I boot up, it is asking me for my administrators password, which I
have no idea what it is.
Is there any way to get passed this screen and boot the machine. I already
tried reinstalling win XP, and the administrators password screen still
comes up on bootup.
Please help I have tried multiple passwords and nothing works.
Thank you,
Bob K.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Did you try with NO password leaving the field blank ??

 

[Bob]

yes I did, also tried admin, and no luck. must have tried 50 different
words, and no luck. I finally loaded in a new copy of Windows. Thank you
for your help.
Bob K

 

[ju.c]

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 get Admin account 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. Type: Administrator. If this account has a password,
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, the password to
change and click Reset 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 OFFLINE NT PASSWORD & REGISTRY EDITOR

Bootable CD (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 (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

 

[Jose]

Help:  I goofed and installed Roxio on my Win XP business machine.  Right
now when I boot up, it is asking me for my administrators password, whichI
have no idea what it is.
Is there any way to get passed this screen and boot the machine.  I already
tried reinstalling win XP, and the administrators password screen still
comes up on bootup.
Please help I have tried multiple passwords and nothing works.
Thank you,
Bob K.

Are you saying that you think installing Roxio on an XP system has
altered the login characteristics of your system and possibly changed
the Administrator account password?

The default Administrator password is no password, so somebody had to
change it.

What happens when you choose to login with your regular user account
and password - or is there only the Administrator account? (just
replace Administrator with your user name and then use your password).