Comments on: Three ways to reset a Windows Vista admin password

By: flyingfox

flyingfox — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:55:33 +0000

I tried Petter Nordhal-Hagen’s NT Password & Registry Editor and it did exactly what it said it would do. Thank you so much, you have saved thousands of photos from being deleted. I booted from the cd and unlocked the admin account, then rebooted,went into the admin account and changed the password on the other admin account with the lost password. Logged off and logged in with new password and hey presto, it worked. Thanks again

By: Austin

Austin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:57:17 +0000

Thank you so much for this, I was locked out for the past 8 days, using a friend’s computer to find this article. In Iraq my laptop is my only way of communicating with friends and family back home. I’d tried all the other options and recovery programs to get back into my account and all fell short. I had nearly lost hope, until I read this. Again, thank you guys so much!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:10:12 +0000

I tried Petter Nordhal-Hagen’s NT Password & Registry Editor. It works great…took me less than 5 mins from downloading & burning the .iso file to resetting password on the faulty vista notebook. thanks!

By: Rudra pandey

Rudra pandey — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:46:10 +0000

how to laptop administrator password reset. plz any one know that say me………………….

By: bubblybabs

bubblybabs — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:18:32 +0000

Windward Wahine (comment #44)…
Your solution worked like a charm… I was lucky, my restore point was 1 day old…
Babs

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:45:41 +0000

Here is how to do it with just an XP CD.

1. Place your Windows XP CD in your cd-rom and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable – as it should be – and that you have your bios set to boot from CD)

2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will be “Press any key to boot from cd”

3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting your system and loading files.

4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now

5. The Licensing Agreement comes next – Press F8 to accept it.

6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option to do a Repair.

It should read something like “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it”

Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process.

7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which can take several minutes.

8. Shortly after the Copying Files stage, you will be required to reboot. (this will happen automatically – you will see a progress bar stating “Your computer will reboot in 15 seconds”

9. During the reboot, do not make the mistake of “pressing any key” to boot from the CD again! Setup will resume automatically with the standard billboard screens and you will notice Installing Windows is highlighted.

10. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and when you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. This is the security hole! A command console will now open up giving you the potential for wide access to your system.

11. At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. Voila! You have just gained graphical access to your User Accounts in the Control Panel.

12. Now simply pick the account you need to change and remove or change your password as you prefer. If you want to log on without having to enter your new password, you can type control userpasswords2 at the prompt and choose to log on without being asked for password. After you’ve made your changes close the windows, exit the command box and continue on with the Repair (have your Product key handy).

13. Once the Repair is done, you will be able to log on with your new password (or without a password if you chose not to use one or if you chose not to be asked for a password). Your programs and personalized settings should remain intact.

By: Deon

Deon — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:38:18 +0000

Hi there

I was wondering if one could log in, by pressing the F8 key and booting in safe mode (like in windows xp) and using a blank password. However, in Windows Vista , it’s different: only option is to type in the password, or reset the password.

I don’t want to reset the password – as this will create a problem with the other person.

I just want to be able to change my user account from standard user to be able to install programs and remove programs.

Is there a way?

Please help.

By: mossmatt

mossmatt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:08:53 +0000

Check out this video I did with Trinity Rescue Disc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0XrHL18OD0

By: mike phipps

mike phipps — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:44:17 +0000

how do i do it if the admin has blocked downloads

By: Sven

Sven — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:26:54 +0000

Hey,

thank you for option 2!

g, Sven

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:24:53 +0000

Trinity worked for me. I tried 3 other password resest utilities which wouldn’t work as the HDD had the “dirty bit” set which meant that chkdsk was scheduled to be run at next boot. Trinity can override this setting.

Trinity ROCKS HARD!!!

By: danny

danny — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:37:05 +0000

There is a way to reset windows password without erasing anything.
Follow the instructions:
1.Free download the iso file : http://www.resetwindowspassword.com
2.Burn it to a disk to create the boot disk, that simple.
3.Configure your pc or laptop to boot in the cd drive,
4.Insert the CD, reboot from CD drive, and then just follow the process of instruction. A few steps later, admin password would be cleared
Took about 5 minutes for the whole process.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:08:40 +0000

yooo, on my computer i have only an administrator account. and i forgot my password and i thought i was doomed for life, BUT I WASN’T. i kept turning my compuer on and off which started messing with it. so it said to run a program to help it run fine again because it said there was a “computer problem”. it said it would take my computer back to a time when it was running “safely” again. so it loaded my computer, once again and my computer no longer had a password and all my files were there. i somehow managed to get the password erased without losing files or paying money! good luck people

By: Jillian

Jillian — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:05:21 +0000

yooo, on my computer i have only an administrator account. and i forgot my password and i thought i was doomed for life, BUT I WASN’T.

By: Swarnendu

Swarnendu — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:25:56 +0000

I have used this method and it worked for me

Download Active@ Password Changer

Install this. Run the application and make a Bootable USB drive. It’s very easy as this software have wizard based interface for that. At first go through the instruction manual.

Now go to the setup screen of the affected computer and set the 1st boot device to USB. Stick the USB drive to the computer and restart the machine. Once your machine boots through USB follow the instructions on the screen. You will get the details in the user manual of Active@ Password Changer. Just follow it and nJoy

By: Dai_Guitar

Dai_Guitar — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:12:33 +0000

I to have the same problem as Sunspun, banky, and ele-fun and Ali. But nobody seems to want to help as they all seem to be pluging this and pluging that to sell their (censored) Why can they give us a simple straight answer to fix the problem.

By: mriya

mriya — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:46:40 +0000

Hello ,

I have the same problem as Sunspun, banky, and ele-fun and Ali ..

Please elaborate how to reset using safe-mode

Thnax..

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By: Prabal Dutta

Prabal Dutta — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:53:26 +0000

hi,
i have an unusual problem.i bought a new dell laptop few months back.until somedays back i got to knw that the account i am using is nt the administrator account.though it shows that i m the administrator.wen i go to cmd and run as administrator, it prompts for a password,i provide the normal admin password that i use to open my laptop but it fails showing an error that invalid password.what kinda crap is this??help me…to knw if i have some different administrator password by default which i m unaware of.

By: vancouver Rob

vancouver Rob — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:13:10 +0000

Hi, I was hoping someone could help me. I had to use Password Changer on a computer and now there is an extra “Administrator” account that showed up and I can’t get rid of it.

The original account that was on it was the only account and was the admin account. Now there are 2 accounts when there should only be one.

I tried to change the new account to a Guest account from the original account so I could delete it but it wouldn’t let me. It did let me change the original account to a Guest account though from the new Admin account. But I want it the other way around.

Is there a way I can change the original to the main main Admin so I can delete the new “Admin” account?

Could someone please tell me or help me find a way to delete/get rid of the extra Admin account?