Administrator Password

[Guest MAL]

I am the only user on this computer XP Home. All of a sudden yesterday, I

lost admin rights on the only user on the machine. Don't know why. I have

firewall, virus protection, adaware etc. Now I can't do control panel etc.

Went into safe mode and found the admin user that is only in safe mode. But,

blank does not work as a password. It keeps asking me for the password.

What can I do

[Guest Compugeek404]

RE: Administrator Password

 

Contact your computer manufacturer or reinstall windows

 

 

"MAL" wrote:

> I am the only user on this computer XP Home. All of a sudden yesterday, I

> lost admin rights on the only user on the machine. Don't know why. I have

> firewall, virus protection, adaware etc. Now I can't do control panel etc.

> Went into safe mode and found the admin user that is only in safe mode. But,

> blank does not work as a password. It keeps asking me for the password.

> What can I do

[Guest MAL]

RE: Administrator Password

 

With all due respect, I was hoping to not have to reinstall. Computer is old.

 

"Compugeek404" wrote:

> Contact your computer manufacturer or reinstall windows

>

>

> "MAL" wrote:

>

> > I am the only user on this computer XP Home. All of a sudden yesterday, I

> > lost admin rights on the only user on the machine. Don't know why. I have

> > firewall, virus protection, adaware etc. Now I can't do control panel etc.

> > Went into safe mode and found the admin user that is only in safe mode. But,

> > blank does not work as a password. It keeps asking me for the password.

> > What can I do

[Guest Script]

RE: Administrator Password

 

This will reset any NT password, and let you into the Admin account.

Some reading is *definitely* required.

 

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

 

"MAL" wrote:

> With all due respect, I was hoping to not have to reinstall. Computer is old.

>

> "Compugeek404" wrote:

>

> > Contact your computer manufacturer or reinstall windows

> >

> >

> > "MAL" wrote:

> >

> > > I am the only user on this computer XP Home. All of a sudden yesterday, I

> > > lost admin rights on the only user on the machine. Don't know why. I have

> > > firewall, virus protection, adaware etc. Now I can't do control panel etc.

> > > Went into safe mode and found the admin user that is only in safe mode. But,

> > > blank does not work as a password. It keeps asking me for the password.

> > > What can I do

[Guest Malke]

Re: Administrator Password

 

MAL wrote:

> With all due respect, I was hoping to not have to reinstall. Computer is old.

>

> "Compugeek404" wrote:

>

>> Contact your computer manufacturer or reinstall windows

>>

>>

>> "MAL" wrote:

>>

>>> I am the only user on this computer XP Home. All of a sudden yesterday, I

>>> lost admin rights on the only user on the machine. Don't know why. I have

>>> firewall, virus protection, adaware etc. Now I can't do control panel etc.

>>> Went into safe mode and found the admin user that is only in safe mode. But,

>>> blank does not work as a password. It keeps asking me for the password.

>>> What can I do

 

There is absolutely no need to reinstall - at least not because of the

password issue.

 

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

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