Lost password - help urgently needed.

[Chris]

I set up a new PC for a friend, with user accounts and an Admin account
which is teh only account that can install new software etc. I thought
I'd made a note of the Admin Password, but now can't find it. He now
wants some changes made to the machine, but I can't get into the admin
account to do so.

Is there anywayI can get it to reveal the password?

Or can I change the password without knowing the old one?

 

[bud]

I set up a new PC for a friend, with user accounts and an Admin account
which is teh only account that can install new software etc. I thought
I'd made a note of the Admin Password, but now can't find it. He now
wants some changes made to the machine, but I can't get into the admin
account to do so.

Is there anywayI can get it to reveal the password?

Or can I change the password without knowing the old one?

If you didn't make a recovery disk for the password there are only a couple
of ways to change it. You could format and reinstall everything again or
maybe try one of these.
http://www.loginrecovery.com/
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/NTAccess.cfm

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

I set up a new PC for a friend, with user accounts and an Admin account
which is teh only account that can install new software etc. I thought
I'd made a note of the Admin Password, but now can't find it. He now
wants some changes made to the machine, but I can't get into the admin
account to do so.

Is there anywayI can get it to reveal the password?

Or can I change the password without knowing the old one?

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 (XP is an NT class operating system).


If the machine is running XP Home then start in Safe mode (reboot and
keep tapping F8 to get into SM). Once in SM login using the hidden
Administrator account, there should be no password set on this so just
hit Enter.