windows xp locked with forgotten password and no admin account...h

[Guest LynnK123]

Hi, My daughter created a password for her computer and can't remember it. I

searched and found the instructions for changing it through an admin account

but there isn't one and there was no reset disk made.

what do I do?

Hope someone can help

thanks

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: windows xp locked with forgotten password and no admin account...h

 

Did you try logging in to Safe Mode (with the built-in Administrator

account)? Or is that the account that she lost the password for?

 

You can use this tool http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ to reset

the password.

 

John

 

LynnK123 wrote:

> Hi, My daughter created a password for her computer and can't remember it. I

> searched and found the instructions for changing it through an admin account

> but there isn't one and there was no reset disk made.

> what do I do?

> Hope someone can help

> thanks

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: windows xp locked with forgotten password and no admin account...h

 

"LynnK123" <LynnK123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FAE4B9AA-F9A8-4739-8211-3BA7001984D3@microsoft.com...

> Hi, My daughter created a password for her computer and can't remember it. I

> searched and found the instructions for changing it through an admin account

> but there isn't one and there was no reset disk made.

> what do I do?

> Hope someone can help

> thanks

 

 

You can try logging on with the built-in Administrator account and going to

Control Panel -> User Accounts to change the password. How you log on with the

Administrator account depends on what version of XP you have installed on your

computer.

 

XP Home Edition

 

To logon with the built-in Administrator account in XP Home Edition you have to

restart the computer and boot into Safe Mode.

To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and

start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed

on the screen.

Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup

Options menu appears.

Use the up and down arrow keys on your

keyboard to select Safe Mode.

Hit Enter.

Click on the Administrator icon.

Unless you changed it, the password should be blank.

 

XP Professional

Restart your computer.

If the Welcome screen is displayed, hit the Ctrl + Alt + Del key combination

twice.

This should bring up the Log on to Windows dialog.

Enter Administrator in the User Name box.

If you set up a password for this account, enter it now. Otherwise, leave the

password box blank.

 

If you're still locked out of your computer, take a look at these web sites for

information on creating a bootable CD that will let you reset passwords.

 

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®

http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest JS]

Re: windows xp locked with forgotten password and no admin account...h

 

Note: There is a hidden 'Administrator' account (the account name is:

Administrator) in Windows.

The default password for this hidden account is normally blank (none).

 

For XP Home users:

Boot the computer into Safe Mode

Do this by pressing the F8 key after the Power On Self Test is finished,

until the Start menu appears.

This will get you to the correct menu window.

Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account

and any other accounts.

(Note: Accounts are displayed alphabetically).

Use the Up/down arrow keys to highlight the 'Administrator' account;

Remember as mentioned above: The default password is a blank (no password

required).

 

Also See: Forgotten your Windows XP Home password

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894902/en-us

and: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894901/

 

For XP Pro users:

You do not need to go into Safe Mode.

At the Welcome Screen, do/press the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys twice to display the

Windows logon box.

Type in "Administrator" (without the quotes) and 'if' you assigned a

password when you set up Windows, then enter it. (Note: by default the

password is blank, no password need be entered)

 

Once your in, then:

Click Start/Run/and type in: Control Userpasswords2 and then press OK

Next click on the Advanced tab and then click Manage Passwords.

 

Also see: How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password or if your

password expires

(This Microsoft article applies to both XP Home and Pro)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305/en-us

 

JS

 

"LynnK123" <LynnK123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FAE4B9AA-F9A8-4739-8211-3BA7001984D3@microsoft.com...

> Hi, My daughter created a password for her computer and can't remember it.

> I

> searched and found the instructions for changing it through an admin

> account

> but there isn't one and there was no reset disk made.

> what do I do?

> Hope someone can help

> thanks

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: windows xp locked with forgotten password and no admin account...h

 

 

"LynnK123" <LynnK123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FAE4B9AA-F9A8-4739-8211-3BA7001984D3@microsoft.com...

> Hi, My daughter created a password for her computer and can't remember it.

> I

> searched and found the instructions for changing it through an admin

> account

> but there isn't one and there was no reset disk made.

> what do I do?

> Hope someone can help

> thanks

 

Every Windows installation has an admin account, no exception.

If the person installing Windows for you did not select a

particular password for this admin account then there is

a good chance it would still be blank. Reboot the machine,

press F8 repeatedly during the early boot phase until you

see a selection menu. Now get into Safe Mode, log on as

"administrator" and reset your daughter's password. And

while you're at it - why not create an admin account for

yourself so that you don't have to go into Safe Mode when

the problem next occurs? It's like having a spare master

key for your house!

[Guest Anna]

Re: windows xp locked with forgotten password and no admin account...h

 

> "LynnK123" <LynnK123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:FAE4B9AA-F9A8-4739-8211-3BA7001984D3@microsoft.com...

>> Hi, My daughter created a password for her computer and can't remember

>> it. >> I

>> searched and found the instructions for changing it through an admin

>> account

>> but there isn't one and there was no reset disk made.

>> what do I do?

>> Hope someone can help

>> thanks

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

news:%23YkOn7V1IHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Every Windows installation has an admin account, no exception.

> If the person installing Windows for you did not select a

> particular password for this admin account then there is

> a good chance it would still be blank. Reboot the machine,

> press F8 repeatedly during the early boot phase until you

> see a selection menu. Now get into Safe Mode, log on as

> "administrator" and reset your daughter's password. And

> while you're at it - why not create an admin account for

> yourself so that you don't have to go into Safe Mode when

> the problem next occurs? It's like having a spare master

> key for your house!

 

 

Lynn...

You can try Pegasus's suggestion and if that does the trick...fine. But if

it doesn't, here's another approach...

 

But before getting to it, don't be intimidated by the length of these

step-by-step instructions. Once you've created the "Reset Password" CD the

process is quite simple since in most of the steps (as I'll explain) you'll

be simply pressing the Enter key.

 

Access the following website: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

and download the freely available program that will allow you to create a

bootable CD that you will use to reset your daughter's administrator's

password.

 

Here are some step-by-step instructions for using this program...

 

1. On the top of the webpage click on the "Bootdisk" button.

2. In the "Download" section of that page click on the cd070927.zip file and

download it to your Desktop. Note it's a ZIP file so the contents of that

file will have to be extracted.

3. I assume you know how to do this by merely right-clicking on the ZIP

file, click on Extract All, Next, Next, Finish.

4. A folder will be created on your Desktop entitled "cd070927".

5. Inside that folder will be the cd070927.iso file. It's this .iso file

that allows you to create a bootable CD from that .iso image.

6. Hopefully, you have a CD-burning program, e.g., Nero, Roxio, etc., that

allows you to merely double-click on the .iso file and the program will open

and create a bootable CD from that .iso image. If you don't have such a

program perhaps you have a friend or acquaintance who does and he or she can

help you with creating the bootable CD. There are other programs available

on the net that allow you to do this as well but these third-party programs

that I've mentioned make it a very simple & straightforward process.

 

Now that you've created the bootable CD that's designed to reset the

password, insert the CD in your optical drive and boot to it.

 

The following are step-by-step instructions for using the program. The

example involved is a single-partitioned HDD, but the basic steps are the

same for any size HDD, except where the drive is multi-partitioned. If the

latter is the case the steps will be slightly different but they will not be

unduly complicated or substantially different under those circumstances.

 

As you progress through the screens the information provided and steps

involved look more complicated than they really are. In virtually every step

during the process the user will simply be pressing the Enter key or some

other simple keystroke.

 

1. Hopefully the PC you're working on is set up so that it will boot to a

bootable CD. If it's not, change the motherboard's BIOS boot priority

setting so that the CD-ROM is first in boot priority. In other words you

want the system to *first* try booting to a bootable CD before it boots to

the hard drive.

 

2. Boot to the password reset CD. At the first screen you will see the

"boot:" prompt.

Press Enter.

 

3. The next prompt ("Step ONE") will be "Select: [1]".

Press Enter.

 

4. The next prompt ("Step TWO") will be "What is the path to the registry

directory? (relative to windows disk)

[WINDOWS/system32/config]:".

Once again, press Enter.

 

5. The next prompt will follow text "Select which part of registry to load,

use ..." and list three options. The default prompt will reflect the first

option ("Password reset ..."), indicating "[1]".

Again, press Enter.

 

6. The next prompt at "Step THREE" will indicate "What to do? [1]".

Again, press Enter.

 

7. A bunch of information will follow with the final line displaying the

prompt, "or simply enter the username to change [Administrator]".

Type your user name, e.g., AL, and press Enter. Ensure you've correctly

entered

your user name in the proper case (uppercase or lowercase as you have

originally set it).

 

8. More information will follow ending with the following prompt...

"Please enter new password:".

Type an * (asterisk or star) and press Enter.

 

9. The next prompt will be...

"Do you really wish to change it? (y/n) [n]".

Type y and press Enter.

(You'll receive the confirmation "Changed!")

 

10. The last line of the following prompt will read...

"or simply enter the username to change [Administrator]".

Type ! (exclamation point) and press Enter.

 

11. The last line of the next prompt will read...

"What to do? [1]" .

Type q and press Enter.

 

12. The next prompt ("Step FOUR") will read...

"About to write file(s) back! Do it? [n]".

Type y and press Enter.

 

13. At this point you should get the "EDIT COMPLETE" message with the

following prompt...

"You can try again if it somehow failed, or you selected wrong New run? [n]"

Just press Enter.

 

14. The final prompt will be a "#" signaling that the program has finished

its work. Remove the CD from your optical drive and reboot.

 

Hopefully the Administrator's password has been reset to a blank password

and you should gain access to the system.

Anna

[Guest Xandros]

Re: windows xp locked with forgotten password and no admin account...h

 

can use this tool to blank it

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/tools/ntpassword/ntpasswordhack.zip

 

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Xandros

 

 

"LynnK123" <LynnK123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FAE4B9AA-F9A8-4739-8211-3BA7001984D3@microsoft.com...

> Hi, My daughter created a password for her computer and can't remember it.

> I

> searched and found the instructions for changing it through an admin

> account

> but there isn't one and there was no reset disk made.

> what do I do?

> Hope someone can help

> thanks