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friday - 07 Aug 2006 22:40 GMT
Help - my son has changed the (only) administrator password and forgotten it.
How can I get round this?
Jimmy Brush - 07 Aug 2006 22:49 GMT
You are using Windows Vista, correct?

You should be able to re-boot in safe mode and log in as the built-in
administrator. This account generally doesn't have a password and is only
available in safe mode.

From there, you can get to User Accounts and change passwords.

When your restart your computer, press F8 right before you see the Windows
splash screen. This will bring up the Advanced Boot Options menu, from which
you can select Safe Mode.

- JB

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friday - 07 Aug 2006 23:10 GMT
I have obviously posted this in wrong place - I am using XP. Any help would
be grately appreciated

> You are using Windows Vista, correct?
>
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> Vista Support FAQ
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ 
Jimmy Brush - 08 Aug 2006 00:02 GMT
Actually, now that I think about it ... these steps should work as well on
XP, unless by "only administrator password" you are talking about the
built-in administrator account.

If that is the case, there are free tools availabe to recover the password.

Just search google for Windows XP password recovery or something similar.

- JB

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http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
Rodrigo - 08 Nov 2006 17:39 GMT
Dear friend,
after following yor  instructions onde the discussion forum, i still cannot
recover my passaword taht was in my palm zire that  had a crash. Even in the
security safe mode, the vista beta still asks for my administrator passorwd...
Could you please help me?

> You are using Windows Vista, correct?
>
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Vista Support FAQ
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ 
Rodrigo - 08 Nov 2006 17:40 GMT
> You are using Windows Vista, correct?
>
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Vista Support FAQ
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ 
display name - 10 Aug 2006 15:49 GMT
LOL - So much for "parental controls" ;-)

> Help - my son has changed the (only) administrator password and forgotten
> it.
> How can I get round this?
Michael Armstro - 23 Oct 2009 02:40 GMT
If you forget the administrator’s password but still can log on
Windows with other user names that have administrative privileges, you
may follow the instructions below:
Right click the computer icon on your desktop, select Manage, find
Local Users and Groups, unfold Users folder, right click Administrator,
click Set password… in the menu comes up. Click Proceed in the
dialog, in the pop-up, enter a New Password and confirm it. Your
administrator’s password is successfully reset.
Guest account may help to log onto Windows, but it has no privilege for
you to do the above to reset the administrator’s password.
If you forgot all user passwords and failed to log onto Windows, there
is no other way but to format the OS and reinstall Windows, or resort to
sort of software tools to remove the password and log onto Windows.
These programs cost some bucks, but are worthy and better than to
reinstall the OS causing consequences. The most popular programs are
Windows Password Reset 6.0 etc. Generally, these programs are easy to
use though turn out to be a scary command prompt to newbie. But do relax
and you can fully manipulate. Let’s take Windows Password Reset
6.0 for example. You prepare a blank CD, burn the program onto the CD,
boot the locked computer from the CD, come to initiate the program,
locate the user name, and proceed to remove its password – all are
at ease.

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t-4-2 - 23 Oct 2009 03:23 GMT
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> If you forget the administrator’s password but still can log on
> Windows with other user names that have administrative privileges, you
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> locate the user name, and proceed to remove its password – all are
> at ease.
Michael Armstro - 23 Oct 2009 02:41 GMT
=?Utf-8?B?ZnJpZGF5?=;54101 Wrote:
> Help - my son has changed the (only) administrator password and
> forgotten it.
> How can I get round this?
If you forget the administrator’s password but still can log on Windows
with other user names that have administrative privileges, you may
follow the instructions below:
Right click the computer icon on your desktop, select Manage, find
Local Users and Groups, unfold Users folder, right click Administrator,
click Set password… in the menu comes up. Click Proceed in the dialog,
in the pop-up, enter a New Password and confirm it. Your administrator’s
password is successfully reset.
Guest account may help to log onto Windows, but it has no privilege for
you to do the above to reset the administrator’s password.
If you forgot all user passwords and failed to log onto Windows, there
is no other way but to format the OS and reinstall Windows, or resort to
sort of software tools to remove the password and log onto Windows.
These programs cost some bucks, but are worthy and better than to
reinstall the OS causing consequences. The most popular programs are
Windows Password Reset 6.0 etc. Generally, these programs are easy to
use though turn out to be a scary command prompt to newbie. But do relax
and you can fully manipulate. Let’s take Windows Password Reset 6.0 for
example. You prepare a blank CD, burn the program onto the CD, boot the
locked computer from the CD, come to initiate the program, locate the
user name, and proceed to remove its password – all are at ease.

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