Guest Chlaris Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Dear all, I forget my Admin password. How do I recover it ? Thanks. Chlaris
Guest Ahmed Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 RE: Recover Admin Password in Windows XP SP 2 there is a live CD called Winternals Adim pack. there is a tool called lock smith in that CD which you use to change the password. i know the winternals have stoped making their software but u can find it on the internet. "Chlaris" wrote: > Dear all, > > I forget my Admin password. How do I recover it ? > Thanks. > > Chlaris > > > > > > >
Guest Malke Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Re: Recover Admin Password in Windows XP SP 2 Ahmed wrote: > there is a live CD called Winternals Adim pack. there is a tool called lock > smith in that CD which you use to change the password. i know the winternals > have stoped making their software but u can find it on the internet. > > "Chlaris" wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I forget my Admin password. How do I recover it ? >> Thanks. >> >> Chlaris There is no need for the OP to download pirated software. Chlaris - If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account with administrative privileges you can log into that account and change your original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or don't have the password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in Administrator account. In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account. The default password is a blank. In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen, do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in "Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows. If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in Administrator account's password to a blank. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that you will remember and make other desired changes. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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