forgot admin password.. please help!!!

Question

i forgot my admin password for vista and dont have a reset disk, how do i override it to get into my admin user account?

Darrel112 · Answer

I don't know, this is a problem, I couldn't find anything about recovering a Administrator password only a user.  I do have a suggestion on how to not forget your password next time. The way not to forget your password is to think of a phrase, that has some meaning in your life. Take the first letter of each word in the phrase, that's your password, add some number to the end if you like. I know that's not going to do you any good for the moment.

Darrel112 · Answer

Ok, but he still can not return to is old account unless he remembers that password, thus prehaps losing files, etc?

gwarr · Answer

Rest your computer and just before the boot screen press f8, then choose safe mode.  Once you're at the login screen choose Administrator, it doesn't require a password.    Then what you'll need to do is type in User Accounts under the start search box.   In the User Accounts Window click 'Manage another account'.   Click continue.  Then click 'Create a New Account' near the bottom of the window.   Once you have created your account, at the main 'User Accounts' window, you can create a password reset disk for this new account.   Now reset the computer and login to your new account.

pcgeek11 · Answer

Once he has 'Administrative account access ' he can change any and all passwords on all accounts.   pcgeek11

jay50n · Answer

Nice trick! It does work for me... But silly me what i did was to migrate the files over and delete the old user haha!

seeny · Answer

there's a program call erd commnader 2005 that i use to bypass/change administrator passwords in win xp/2000 but i've never tried it in vista so don't know if it works in vista or not

Mithered · Answer

I tried this & repeatedly pressing F8 did get me to the Safe Mode but I'm not getting any option to select Administrator or to select User Accounts.

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