tricia1979 Â Â 10 #1 Posted November 8, 2008 hi i have just purchased a new laptop for my daughters birthday, she has set the laptop up with an administrators password which she has now forgot and now she cannot use it does anyone out there know any solution to this i would be very grateful xx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rarebit   10 #2 Posted November 8, 2008 I don't use windows much any more but last time I had to deall with something like this I used a free program called 'ntpasswd', however if you tell us what your operating system is (e.g. XP, Vista, etc), then help can be more specific. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Savannah2 Â Â 10 #3 Posted November 8, 2008 Ophcrack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tricia1979 Â Â 10 #4 Posted November 8, 2008 eah its windows vista Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rarebit   10 #5 Posted November 8, 2008 Ophcrack  After looking at this I thought I might pretend to lose my password and give it a try.  Just another reason not to use whinnie... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tricia1979 Â Â 10 #6 Posted November 8, 2008 sorry didnt get that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rarebit   10 #7 Posted November 8, 2008 The link provided by Savannah2 is an application image you download and write to cd. Then you reboot your machine and it (I presume) looks up your password hash and then tells you all the systems' passwords. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rarebit   10 #8 Posted November 8, 2008 ? whinnie (Whinnie the Pooh) = Windows ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tricia1979 Â Â 10 #9 Posted November 8, 2008 sorry i have tried to do this already from my other comp but it wouldnt download properly kept saying system error so gave up trying Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rarebit   10 #10 Posted November 8, 2008 This is what I used to use at work to reset the password and it says it handles Vista, so give it a go:  http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/  Otherwise heres some more links: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/5bf12a40-12b5-4ca8-87c3-7741adbd15841033.mspx http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/66b61e8e-341d-453b-9edd-234301dfd7e51033.mspx http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/passrecovery.htm http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsvista/ht/vistapwdisk.htm http://4sysops.com/archives/three-ways-to-reset-a-windows-vista-admin-password/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tricia1979 Â Â 10 #11 Posted November 8, 2008 wow i have just clicked on change password and it said to use a flash drive i have pluged one in and its asking for me to insert password changer disc so it partly works but now have not got a disc??????????????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rarebit   10 #12 Posted November 8, 2008 What method are you trying? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...