As the title says "Password Recovery".

I recently got my laptop back from repair (he partitioned the drive)and the guy who repaired has put an "Admin" & username password on it.

I have not switched the laptop on since I got it back.

I have now lost the guys telephone number.

Does anybody know how I can get to this password ?

Please help.

Regards

Tony

You could try this if you have a windows xp cd.http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305

You could try this if you have a windows xp cd.http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305

Thanks for that Dozey

I only have the "recovery cd" from toshiba

Tony

Have you tried just clicking enter he may not have set a password. OR have you tried typing 'password'?

boot into safe mode then change password :thumbsup:

Have you tried just clicking enter he may not have set a password. OR have you tried typing 'password'?

Thanks for the reply

That was the first thing,that I tried

boot into safe mode then change password :thumbsup:

Thiat was the second thing that I tried,but it just goes straight to

Admin "log on"

User "log on"

download a admin password remover and boot the machine up with the disk in.

download a admin password remover and boot the machine up with the disk in.

Hi Dave

Thanks for that,I am on another machine so I could do that and save it to a stick,will that work even though I can not getinto the operating system,which is XP.

boot into safe mode then change password :thumbsup:

Bill Gates is way ahead of you.;)

Bill Gates is way ahead of you.;)

if its the log on screen, boot in safe mode- control panel then user accounts then change password worked everytime for me or are we on about something different here, accept my apologies if we are :hihi:

if its the log on screen, boot in safe mode- control panel then user accounts then change password worked everytime for me or are we on about something different here, accept my apologies if we are :hihi:

I think they are having difficulty gaining access to the OS, as far as I'm aware safemode doesn't bypass the login screen.

Scubdatony - yes but you'll have to make sure you download a memory stick version of the software for it to be bootable.

have you tried using "admin" as a password. some programs use this to start
them running so allowing the end user to change it.

I have tried to log on as normal

I have tried to log on in safe mode

The only thing that I have not done is try "admin", I will let you know.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Download on another PC burn the iso to a cd, boot from it, reset password.

Update

I have tried to log on with "admin" in both safe mode and ordinary and no joy

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Download on another PC burn the iso to a cd, boot from it, reset password.

I am now going to try this

That should do the trick. Sorry I thought you didn't have any cd or something when you suggested your memory stick!

Originally Posted by xircon
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Download on another PC burn the iso to a cd, boot from it, reset password.


I am now going to try this

I have tried it and got the following message:-

http://www.rockbox.org/atapwd.zip

The webpage cannot be found ! ! !

Where do I go from here,any ideas ?

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

I now have my XP CD from my main machine

Just tried this aswell

With the this result:-

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

I have tried it and got the following message:-

http://www.rockbox.org/atapwd.zip

The webpage cannot be found ! ! !

Where do I go from here,any ideas ?

have you tried googling 'ultimate boot cd' (or it might be ultimate boot disk)

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

I had noticed the above wasn't working.

But there are loads of mirrors on bottom of:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

e.g. (This needs Winrar to unzip)

http://nbicomputers.com/Downloads/ubcd411iso.rar

if its the log on screen, boot in safe mode- control panel then user accounts then change password worked everytime for me or are we on about something different here, accept my apologies if we are :hihi:

I can not get past the log on screen in safe mode

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

I had noticed the above wasn't working.

But there are loads of mirrors on bottom of:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

e.g. (This needs Winrar to unzip)

http://nbicomputers.com/Downloads/ubcd411iso.rar

First one goes to a blank page

Second one does not do password recovery

I can not get past the log on screen in safe mode

i am now on vista and just tried it myself and it wont let me past log on too, but i did it using xp on my sisters laptop twice and the log on screen wasnt there in safe mode just booted to something like wndows 98 and let me change password, i think i kept pressing delete whilst it was booting but it defo worked.

You could try this if you have a windows xp cd.http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305

Just tried this still no joy.

Look, I know it's asking the obvious, but can't you just ring the chap who did the repair and ask him what he set the password to?

I am now going to try this


Tried this burnt the cd still no luck

Look, I know it's asking the obvious, but can't you just ring the chap who did the repair and ask him what he set the password to?

I would have done this at first if I still had his number

Thanks for your input anyway

It might be easier to find his phone number than the password! Can you not call in to the place where you took it for repair and ask?

The ultimate boot CD is your best bet really.

you download the .iso, burn it to a CD (on any PC) then put it in the other machine, boot to it.

once booted... one of the "tools" is Windows XP Password removal/change/recovery.

The ultimate boot CD is your best bet really.

you download the .iso, burn it to a CD (on any PC) then put it in the other machine, boot to it.

once booted... one of the "tools" is Windows XP Password removal/change/recovery.

Ghozer's right I've used this to crack vista as well. Works a treat

offline NT pasword and registry editor bootdisk
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

worked for me on 2 laptops before, just burn to cd and boot via cd

Just come across this site - should do the trick if you use XP or Vista.
http://laptoplogic.com/resources/how-to-crack-a-window-s-password-in-5-minutes