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RE: Forgot User Password,Vista pre-installed

WAW8 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:12:43 GMT

Update -- for those interested.

I managed to get hold of ophcrack and tried it on two of my Vista machines.

I am pleased to report that it cracked NONE of my passwords!! That's right -- NONE.

So, those of you looking for a tool to crack Vista passwords will be sorely disappointed.

RE: Forgot User Password,Vista pre-installed

WAW8 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:30:17 GMT

Glad you figured it out ... but what I meant was the bootable CD's that allow you to blank your password. They don't crack it, or display it; they remove it. They do this through one variant or another of Linux, which doesn't boot using Windows and is not limited by any Windows-based passwords.

RE: Forgot User Password,Vista pre-installed

baj — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:04:58 GMT

OMFG!... it was just set in greek,forgot i got bilingual vista and all attempts were in english...btw ophhack +PCLoginNow Didnt help me.
HEHE i'm so happy i dont mind i'll be considered stupid ! :)

RE: Forgot User Password,Vista pre-installed

baj — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:18:39 GMT

thanks for instant reply but
best program i found on google seems to be ophcrack , but as far as i understood its free version adresses to alphanumerical passwords while mine has special character too.all others were to pay
i tried f12 but it didnt work , the booklet i got mentions shortkeys f1-f8 and none does what you say
any idea?

RE: Forgot User Password,Vista pre-installed

WAW8 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:31:25 GMT

You have a couple of options ...

1) If you have another PC, you can download , burn and boot from a CD that will allow you to blank your password. You need to Google for that and see what you can find.

2) If your machine provides it, there may be a way to press a function key on first boot and recover the initial Vista installation. This is typically F12 but it varies by machine. You need to look this up in the documentation that came with the laptop. Realize that will completely reformat your hard drive and reinstall Vista to the same state your machine was when you first unpacked it.

Forgot User Password,Vista pre-installed

baj — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:28:50 GMT

i bought a laptop, that had windows vista pre installed and set it up. then i created a user profile and forgot the password i set.i cant format since i have no cd with vista.SO is there a away i can cancel my user profile,or enter as administrator , or re-install vista?