boot up in the same mode. you will see that account administrator.
"AMLien" <AMLien@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F15F2FFD-2528-4945-9FCB-99A920F85272@microsoft.com...
> 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!
>> >>>>
>> >
>> >
>>