forgot administration password

[Guest]

HELP HELP! i FORGOT MY PASSWORD TO LOG IN UNDER ADMINSTRATER.hOWEVER I COULD
LOG IN WITH MY SONS SETTINGS.wHAT CAN BE DONE .hOW DO I RECOVER PASSWORD.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Jerry

Does your son also have an administrator account? If so, you can log into
his account and go to Control Panel / User Accounts. Click the Manage
another account option, select your account and click the Remove the
password option.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

HELP HELP! i FORGOT MY PASSWORD TO LOG IN UNDER ADMINSTRATER.hOWEVER
I COULD LOG IN WITH MY SONS SETTINGS.wHAT CAN BE DONE .hOW DO I
RECOVER PASSWORD.

Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There you will find
zip files that will let you create boot floppy disks or bootable CDs
that will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class
operating system (Win2000, XP and Vista are all NT class operating system).

 

[Guest]

PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE HELP!!! HOW CAN THE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD
BE RESET??? SOMEONE HAS TO KNOW THE ANSWER.

Went to site for "zip files" to create floppy disks/bootable cds to reset
forgotten administrator password as you suggested. (GrennieLeBrun) Because I
can only get on my son's "user account" that has parental controls...it asks
for the administrator password. Catch 22 isn't it?

Any other suggestions? It should not be this difficult to reset (as stupid)
a password! I'm so frustrated! I've been without full usage of my computer
for two weeks now. I have researched by going to all kinds of websites
including Microsoft.com. I can't find the answer of how to reset
administrator password.

Please respond with any ideas! thanks.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE HELP!!! HOW CAN THE ADMINISTRATOR
PASSWORD BE RESET??? SOMEONE HAS TO KNOW THE ANSWER.

Went to site for "zip files" to create floppy disks/bootable cds to
reset forgotten administrator password as you suggested.
(GrennieLeBrun) Because I can only get on my son's "user account"
that has parental controls...it asks for the administrator password.
Catch 22 isn't it?

Any other suggestions? It should not be this difficult to reset (as
stupid) a password! I'm so frustrated! I've been without full usage
of my computer for two weeks now. I have researched by going to all
kinds of websites including Microsoft.com. I can't find the answer
of how to reset administrator password.

Please respond with any ideas! thanks.

What version of XP are you using Home or Professional?

Am I correct in understanding that your son's account does not have CD
burning rights? If so can you get access to a friends computer to download
the zip files and burn the CD on that machine? Once you have the bootable CD
you will be able to boot that CD and change the password.

 

[BILLYBOY5]

I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL...i HAVE A DELL WITH VISTA IN IT. I CHANGED MY
PASSWORD AND FORGOT TO WRITE IT DOWN. NOW I CAN'T REMEMBER IT. DELL WILL
NOT HELP ME IT'S AGAINST THEIR CONTRACT WITH MICROSOFT. MICROSOFT WILL NOT
HELP ME EITHER. I AM SO STRSSED OUT CAN ANYONE HELP AN OLD MAN? (65).

NOW THEY WANT ME TO DISCONNECT MY COMPUTER DRAG IT DOWN TO BEST BUY AND
HAVE THEM COPY MY INFORMATION (DATA) ON A DISC AND REINSTALL VISTA AND THEN
RE-INSTALL MY DATA????

THEY (DELL) HAVE MY ADDRESS...PHONE NUMBER...I EVEN LET THE DELL TECHNITION
TAKE OVER MY OLD EP TO FIX ANOTHER PROBLEM.

PLEASE HELP...I AM ABLE TO GET INTO F8 AND GET TO MY ADMINISTRAION WINDOW.
MY NAME IS IN THEIR BUT I NEVER SET UP A PASSWORD FOR ADMINISTRATOR. AND I
CANT REMEMBER MY NEW PASSORD FOR MY NAME ACCOUNT.

THANKS,
(e-mail address removed)

 

[jimmika]

please help, unfortunately i forgot my administrator password, therefore i
could not open my computer, please give me the proper guide about it.

 

[chris]

laptop 5days old iforgot adm password.can u help

 

[shlant]

I also cannot get into my account, I went to the control panel under manage
another account and it prompted me to use the administrative password, no
matter what i do it ask me for the passoword which i don't have. can any one
help me
sw

 

[steve]

i seemd to have forgot my admin password. i am able to log into my wife's
name but she only has standard account no admin powers. i've tried the this:
This is a bit long winded, but it is a simple process.

The only way you can do this, if you did not create a password reset disk
when you created the password, is to remove the password for your account
when logged in with another administrator account.

The easiest way to do this is to temporarily enable the Built-in
Administrator account and remove the password on your administrator account.
Follow these steps.

Go to Start and type: cmd.exe In the Results, right click the Cmd.exe
program and select the Run As Administrator option.

In the command window, copy / paste the following command:

net user administrator /active:yes

Press Enter. You should see a message that the command was successful. This
will place the built-in administrator account on the login screen.

when i hit enter this is what happen:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Comesha>net user administrator /active:yes
System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.


C:\Users\Comesha>


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running vista home/toshiba satellite laptop