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Last Login: 11/11/2007 3:07:52 AM
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| | Hello All First I feel a little foolish. We bought the comp 8 mths ago of craigslist, for my boys. I am happy with the computer and vista, however after 3mth removal of the computer time, I have forgotten the admin password. I did not get back up disks or create one. My question is HOW DO I RETRVIVE MY PASSWORD WITH NO BACKUP DISK. I would be grateful for any help, it sucks being locked out of your own computer and EMBRESSING. Hoping someone can help blondie_dag vancouver canada |
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| | | | Vista Goddess
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Last Login: 12/14/2007 12:06:19 PM
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| When you create a password you were also asked a question to help you remember it, so if you put a wrong password in you should be asked if you want help, answer yes and you'll be given that word\question to help you remember.
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Vista Newbie
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Last Login: 6/6/2008 5:30:57 PM
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| | Is there any other account you can log into? Even limited? If so, go into that and unlock the "actual" admin account, and change the password of the one you're locked out. I'll give further instructions on how to do it if you do have another account you can log into. |
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| | | | Vista Goddess
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Last Login: 12/14/2007 12:06:19 PM
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| Erm, no not really only an Admin can change an admin password or create and change admins, getting into a restricted accounted wont get around the admin problem, unless he's written it in a file somewhere. If it was that easy there would be no point having an admin level account.
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Vista Newbie
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Last Login: 6/6/2008 5:30:57 PM
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| | Oh sorry, I actually didn't realize you still need an admin password to unlock the actual admin account. |
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Last Login: 8/22/2008 10:02:32 AM
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| Vista won't allow you to do such things in a limited account, hence the word "limited" you will need to elevate to unlock the admin account. Which he can't do so back to square one. I'd say your best bet is to try some third party software to crack/recover/reset your password. This stuff seems to do what you want, it says you can reset/change passwords of any local account and it works for Vista.
I can't say if it will work for sure or not but it seems likely, its only $40 for the basic addition:
http://www.elcomsoft.com/esr.html?r1=Openwall
AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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