So here's my question...
My problem is not only that I don't know the administrator password (which I
believe is set to be blank), it's that anytime I try to do something that
requires administrator privileges (like even activating the hidden
Administrator account in Vista so I can go in and fix my personal account
settings), it's not asking for my Administrator password, but my ASP.NET
password.
I've gathered from other research today that that's some useless user that
gets created when you install certain software and you don't even need it,
but now I can't delete it because I can't do that without my regular
Administrator privleges. So do you know if this password cracker will crack
the ASP.NET user's password too? At least then maybe I could get past the
annoying popup that's not letting me even TRY most of the fixes I've seen
today.
I'm seriously thinking I may be looking at a complete reinstallation, which
would really not be cool since my Dell came preloaded and I don't HAVE the
installation disks. Ugh.
I appreciate all of the help so far though guys!
"MICHAEL" wrote:
> Or;
>
> http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/
>
> Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient
> implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a GTK+
> Graphical User Interface and runs on Windows, Mac OS X (Intel CPU) as well as on Linux.
>
>
> -Michael
>
> * Paul Randall:
> > You might try this - its free: -from a July 5 post: Go to
> > http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There you will find zip files that will let you
> > create boot floppy disks or bootable CDs that will enable you to reset any system password
> > on an NT class operating system (Win2000, XP and Vista are all NT class operating system).
> >
> > -Paul Randall
> >
> > "Bill D" <billdon_hdnospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:udY5ZWp2HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> I had the same problem and wound up spending $20.00 for a program that boots up in linux
> >> and resets the password to blanks. You then change your password and all will be well. A
> >> Google search will locate possible remedies.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "AMLien" <AMLien@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:FDF330D2-28B1-4F51-A477-231BA67A7090@microsoft.com...
> >>> It won't let me without the Administrator password (which I don't believe exists).
> >>> [sigh]
> >>>
> >>> "hithere" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> set your account to have admin rights
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "AMLien" <AMLien@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:AAA966C7-1811-40C3-9366-FAD55ECA2FDB@microsoft.com...
> >>>>> Hi all! So I apparently royally screwed up yesterday and set my User Account to be a
> >>>>> standard account. Now that I've shut down and restarted, everytime I try to do
> >>>>> anything like copy files to certain locations, install updates, etc. (which I do
> >>>>> multiple times a day) it won't let me and asks me for the Administrator's password.
> >>>>> The problem is, I never SET the Administrator's password. And it won't let me just
> >>>>> leave the password field blank. Is there ANYTHING I can do to resolve this? (Please
> >>>>> say yes. LOL!)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've browsed the other posts here, but haven't found a solution that works yet
> >>>>> (although I could be missing it). Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >>>>
> >
> >
>