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FORGOT WINDOWS VISTA ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD.
I'm sorry if you've seen alot of these posts, but I'm sure I looked at all of them and can't find anything to work for me! :( I have forgot my administrator password and I can't remember it for the life of me. (usually I dont have this problem. it just so happened I made a new password when I had like 3 days of no sleep, and I completly forgot everything in those days)
Dell XPS 410
Windows Vista Home Premium OEMact
1. I have no other administrator accounts.
Only 2 Standard user accounts and 1 administrator.
2. I tried the "Safe Mode" procedure. Hit f8, start in Safe Mode and go to users and whatever. But when I go to Safe Mode on this computer, it loads up and there are still 3 accounts at the windows login and I can't get into the administrator account cause there is still a password. And yes its safe mode cause when I login to my standard account it says safe mode.
3. I tried doing that "clearing forgotten passwords" that it says in the manual. I'm hoping I did it wrong and someone will help me correct what I did. I took the computer lid off and took the jumper piece off (as it says to remove the memory), I started the computer again then it says to re-put it on after you get to the windows desktop. (When I started it up without the jumper on, it still went to the windows sign-in.. and there was still a password on the accounts.) I went ahead and put it back on and restarted the computer, but no justice.
4. I absolutly do not want to reinstall the whole computer because it takes a looong time to hook up the internet.(something i blame my sister for getting a dumb internet service) I just wish to do everything else before I reinstall windows vista.
Thanks for your time!
Dell XPS 410
Windows Vista Home Premium OEMact
1. I have no other administrator accounts.
Only 2 Standard user accounts and 1 administrator.
2. I tried the "Safe Mode" procedure. Hit f8, start in Safe Mode and go to users and whatever. But when I go to Safe Mode on this computer, it loads up and there are still 3 accounts at the windows login and I can't get into the administrator account cause there is still a password. And yes its safe mode cause when I login to my standard account it says safe mode.
3. I tried doing that "clearing forgotten passwords" that it says in the manual. I'm hoping I did it wrong and someone will help me correct what I did. I took the computer lid off and took the jumper piece off (as it says to remove the memory), I started the computer again then it says to re-put it on after you get to the windows desktop. (When I started it up without the jumper on, it still went to the windows sign-in.. and there was still a password on the accounts.) I went ahead and put it back on and restarted the computer, but no justice.
4. I absolutly do not want to reinstall the whole computer because it takes a looong time to hook up the internet.(something i blame my sister for getting a dumb internet service) I just wish to do everything else before I reinstall windows vista.
Thanks for your time!
helmecj01
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May 29th, 2007 18:00
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsvista/ht/vistapwdisk.htm
From Chris
My computer
Dell Dimension 1100
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP 2
512 MB of Ram
Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 256MB
Intel Celeron CPU 2.53GHz
Linksys wireless-G WUSB54GS With SpeedBooster
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3
my security software
VCOM SystemSuite 7 Professional
Windows Defender
hfish_94
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May 29th, 2007 20:00
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mombodog
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May 29th, 2007 20:00
hfish_94
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May 29th, 2007 20:00
also i have that dumb thing up where its user controlled. i cant install, run programs cause i have to enter the password for the administrator first. :'((((((
Message Edited by hfish_94 on 05-29-2007 04:31 PM
mombodog
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mombodog
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May 29th, 2007 20:00
Message Edited by mombodog on 05-29-2007 04:48 PM
mombodog
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May 29th, 2007 20:00
hfish_94
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May 30th, 2007 02:00
offline nt password
program. but it did take awhile.. a good 30something minutes to go through everything. cause there are alot of different options to pick and it all depends on your computer. anyway, it worked!
:)
thanks everyone for your help.
i really didnt want to use those programs that go into your system but well, what could ya do
mombodog
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GioAguilar
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May 30th, 2007 14:00
mombodog
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May 30th, 2007 21:00
GioAguilar
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maggiena
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November 17th, 2010 23:00
Hey, you can use Windows Password Recovery Basic to help you