Lost admin password and login name, please help

[michelle]

Greetings all,

Please help me out in this tricky situation. I have bought
an old computer which I thought I was given the
administrator password.It turns out that the account that
I have is a limited account and I am not able to find out
the adminstrator account Log in name and password. I can't
use LC4 as suggested by somebody before as I can't even
load the program. Please do help me out. I have spent good
money on it.

however I still can log on to a limited account.
Thanks

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Michelle;
Try leaving the password blank.

The password is Case Sensitive.
Check Caps Lock and try various of Capital combinations.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305
If you do not have a Password Recovery Disk, it is to late to make it.
Or
Log in to any account that has Administrator access.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.

Windows XP Pro:
At the log-in screen, press Ctrl/Alt/Del twice quickly
Type "Administrator" and leave password blank.

Windows XP Home:
Reboot, tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu.
Select Administrator, leave password blank.

Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.
If you are using Windows XP Pro and have encrypted data, you may
permanently lose access to the encrypted data.

Here is another option:
http://www.wininternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp

Another option is to install Windows XP on another partition and take
Ownership of your data.
You could also perform another installation on the same partition,
although this is not a permanent fix and it is recommended to perform
a Clean Installation after retrieving your data.

After this is resolved, take precautions to not lose the password.

 

[Michelle]

Many thanks Jupiter.

Unfortunately, despite trying what you have suggested it
did not work. It is Win XP not pro but somehow it doesn't
list all the users. Rather it requires me to type in the
user log in name. I have tried administrator. In the
meantime I have also tried finding the seller for the last
4 month (without much sucess). Would you or anybody has
any other suggestions?Please, I'm desperate.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Michelle;
Then your options are a Clean Installation (destroys all data) or one
of these:

http://www.wininternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp

Another option is to install Windows XP on another partition and take
Ownership of your data.
You could also perform another installation on the same partition,
although this is not a permanent fix and it is recommended to perform
a Clean Installation after retrieving your data.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
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