Cannot Login to PC Anymore!!!

[Kevin Travis]

HELP!! here's the deal...

i wanted to make my computer bypass the whole
username/password thing. I went into Control Panel, then
Users. (my computer only has one user -- Administrator).
there was a checkbox enabling me to have "automatic login
to computer" (or something to that effect). Once i
checked it on, the computer gave me the option to change
my password, i just hit Enter to bypass because i wanted
to keep the same password.

Now, when i turn on my computer, once it gets to the login
start-up screen, the computer first tries to bypass the
login, but stops dead short, telling me my username and
passord do not match what they're supposed to!!

i've tried starting up in Safe Mode, i've tried other
numerous choices from the F8 screen, but to no avail! I
was wondering if there is ANY way i can do anything to get
in....... the LAST thing on my mind is reloading Windows
and losing my documents.

Please Help!!

- Kevin.

 

[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

Welll if you just hit enter at the password change isn't your password just
blank? Like administrator with no password.....

 

[Kevin]

the blank password was the original password. i wanted to
KEEP it that way...... apparently that didn't happen and
something defaulted it somewhere......???

kt

 

[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

Hmmm...not sure what happened there is no default password. You'll need to
either install a parallel copy and get your data, reinstall from scratch and
search the Internte or these newsgroups for password recovery tools. This is
posted in here almost daily so do a google search for lost admin password
and you'll find some tools. Of course this is not supported and even
Microsoft will tell you to reinstall as your only option but there are
ways......

 

[Kevin]

thanks! i'll try that and let you know what happens!

kt

 

[Alan Illeman]

Goto http://www.sans.org/top20/ paragraph W3.4 and
download e.g. 'John the Ripper' for a password cracker.
That's supposing that you can get into your system somehow.

(Yuck I hate this top posting)
Alan

 

[Kevin]

i can't get into my computer at ALL. yeaahh... how do i
download a cracker and use it on a computer i can't get
into in the FIRST place?

kt

 

[Robin]

same thing happened to me--a few people referred me here:
NT Password and registry editor:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
--haven't had the time to try it yet tho--let me know if u try and and how
it works

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[Kevin]

Robin, how did YOU get around it? from the sounds of it,
you didn't use the website that was recommended...

kt

 

[Robin]

i haven't used it yet kevin--i plan on it tho, i'm working on another
machine--don't have time or energy to mess with it till the weekend (it
happened on a machine i was working on to give to a friend and i spent way
too much time already getting everything up and running and in good working
condition when another friend ACCIDENTLY DELETED the user i had set up,
and....well, you know the rest--arghhhh)--i have it from good sources that
this works tho--
good luck
-Robin

Photos, Drawings, and my Bugsy Rabbit
http://www.robinmilim.com
(Y)
(°-°)
--()-,-()--<{@
(_)-(_)
"life is God's gift to you....what you do with it is your gift to God"
Robin, how did YOU get around it? from the sounds of it,
you didn't use the website that was recommended...

kt

 

[Jack Ryan]

i haven't used it yet kevin--i plan on it tho, i'm working on another
machine--don't have time or energy to mess with it till the weekend (it
happened on a machine i was working on to give to a friend and i spent way
too much time already getting everything up and running and in good working
condition when another friend ACCIDENTLY DELETED the user i had set up,
and....well, you know the rest--arghhhh)--i have it from good sources that
this works tho--
good luck
-Robin

Photos, Drawings, and my Bugsy Rabbit
http://www.robinmilim.com
(Y)
(°-°)
--()-,-()--<{@
(_)-(_)
"life is God's gift to you....what you do with it is your gift to God"
Robin, how did YOU get around it? from the sounds of it,
you didn't use the website that was recommended...

kt

If you can get your hands on ERD Commander (winternals.com), you can
boot through the CD, and reset the administrator password.

 

[Kevin]

thanks for everything. i finally found the password. for
some strange reason, the Administrator i was on completely
pooched itself (i don't know how). luckily, i also backed
up the ORIGINAL Adminstrator that was first on the the
computer 4 years ago when we first got the darn thing.
man i tell ya... the only way we found THIS was by going
back in time, trying all passwords we ever used. it just
so happened to be the very first password we put in!

i didn't try the link, so i can't comment on that. and
the repair disk(s) i used couldn't help either.

the other things that could have worked would be the
following....

1. completely reload windows, lose all personal files i
had stored.
2. buy the XP upgrade disk ($150-$200) and upgrade the
whole computer, resetting the password and keeping all
stored files i had.

luckily we didn't have to go either route. THANKS
EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP!!

Kevin.