Computer access/administrators password?

[tricia1979 10]

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

[rarebit 10]

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.

[Savannah2 10]

Ophcrack

[tricia1979 10]

eah its windows vista

[rarebit 10]

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...

[tricia1979 10]

sorry didnt get that

[rarebit 10]

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.

[rarebit 10]

? whinnie (Whinnie the Pooh) = Windows ?

[tricia1979 10]

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

[rarebit 10]

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/

[tricia1979 10]

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???????????????

[rarebit 10]

What method are you trying?