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help with password

  • 12-05-2007 6:56pm
    #1
    tanz11111
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    hi can anyone help me some one has been on my laptop and changed my password on my adminitrator account and now i can not get on i can only use the guest account which is limited can anyone help me please


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  • #2
    sozbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭sozbox


    For Windows XP, try this:
    If it's Windows XP Home, press F8 repeatedly during boot to bring up the Windows boot menu, and select Safe Mode.
    At the welcome screen, log into the Administrator account.

    If it’s Windows XP Professional, press CTRL+ALT+Delete twice, and type Administrator into the Username box.

    Once at the Desktop:

    Click Start and Control Panel
    If in Category View, switch to Classic View by selecting the option on the left
    Open up User Accounts
    Click on the User Account you want to access
    Click Change my password

    If you booted into safe mode with Windows XP Home, reboot after changing the password.

    I had to fix the same problem on a friends laptop last year.


  • #3
    markirish22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭markirish22


    any idea on how too do it on windows storage server 2003. I have a program that works on every other version of windows for resetting the password but didnt work for this.


  • #4
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    tanz11111 wrote:
    hi can anyone help me some one has been on my laptop and changed my password on my adminitrator account and now i can not get on i can only use the guest account which is limited can anyone help me please


    I know a software to do this but , no offence to the original poster, but this software could be of great use to someone with a stolen laptop. Whats people opinion on this? Should i say it? I really wouldnt like to be helpin people who rob computers! If someone were to rob my laptop if they wanted the password they would ask the exact above question. And the safe mode way wouldnt work, as i password protected it. BTW Im not accusing the op of having a stolen laptop!!

    (The software is a freeware, absolutely nothing to do with me)


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    PM the moderator MiCr0 for advise.

    If the sw is available in stores I don't really see the harm as thieves can get it anyway.


  • #6
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    biko wrote:
    PM the moderator MiCr0 for advise.

    If the sw is available in stores I don't really see the harm as thieves can get it anyway.

    Its not available in shops or anything, id say it was some random computer genius who wrote it! .... thanks for the advice will do that?


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  • #7
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    In that case no - there would be copyright issues.
    We'll see what the mod says.


  • #8
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    I dont think it would be a good idea to post that software here. Maybe the op can google it.


  • #9
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    yea, i think it should be okay to post it


  • #10
    Saruman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    You do not need software as such. if its just XP or 2k etc then boot up off any cd that has write access to an NTFS file system.. for example a bootable Linux cd like knoppix. find the SAM file (no extention) and rename it. restart into windows and administrator will have no password.


  • #11
    markirish22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭markirish22


    theres tonnes of them on the internet and can buy some in stores think even pc world sell them. Alot of them are under the gnu or whatever its called, the thing linux is under for free distribution. Friend of mine has been working on one of these and told me yesterday too try and worked for my 2003 server so pretty sure they'll work for anyone.


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