Vista - forgot administrator password but currently logged on

gotony96 · 05-14-2008

I went to the Reset User Account Password site as suggested by Brink in another forum. I have a question about Method One before I try it. It says to logon to the Administrator account. I am already logged on. Can I go to Reset or Change the forgotten password? If so, how? Can I change or reset the password if I don't know the original password? I don't want to try this and get locked out of the computer.

**Brink** · 05-14-2008

Hi Gotony,

Welcome to Vista Forums.

Since you do not know what the current password is, you will not be able to use that method unless you do it from within another administrator account.

You will most likely need to do Method Three instead.

Reset User Account Password

Hope this helps,
Shawn

ketchup84 · 08-03-2008

You are able to change your password if you are logged on. This option work only if you are logged as Administrator.

Open My Computer->Control Panel-> User Account . Add a new user with administrator privilages. Switch to new user and change password for user where you have forgotten password. After that remove newly added user account.

Ps. Sory for English, it's not my native language.

Best Regards,
Slawek [ Poland ]

**PainlessTorture** · 08-12-2008

You can run a command prompt as admin and do this,

net user (username) *

NOTE

If you have set elevation requests to prompt for credentials which provides extra security for people getting your account after you logged on, this will prevent this solution. If you have not modified group policy this will work as its not set by default

This is much easier than making a new account.

Good Luck

05-14-2008	#1 (permalink)
gotony96 Vista Home Premium 32bit 1 posts	forgot administrator password but currently logged on I went to the Reset User Account Password site as suggested by Brink in another forum. I have a question about Method One before I try it. It says to logon to the Administrator account. I am already logged on. Can I go to Reset or Change the forgotten password? If so, how? Can I change or reset the password if I don't know the original password? I don't want to try this and get locked out of the computer.
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05-14-2008	#2 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,045 posts	Re: forgot administrator password but currently logged on Hi Gotony, Welcome to Vista Forums. Since you do not know what the current password is, you will not be able to use that method unless you do it from within another administrator account. You will most likely need to do Method Three instead. Reset User Account Password Hope this helps, Shawn
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08-03-2008	#3 (permalink)
ketchup84 Windows Vista x64 1 posts	Re: forgot administrator password but currently logged on You are able to change your password if you are logged on. This option work only if you are logged as Administrator. Open My Computer->Control Panel-> User Account . Add a new user with administrator privilages. Switch to new user and change password for user where you have forgotten password. After that remove newly added user account. Ps. Sory for English, it's not my native language. Best Regards, Slawek [ Poland ]
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