I have a Compac presario running vista home premium. I have an administrator account and an account for my child. I have forgotten the password for the administrator account. This is preventing me from changing the access to certain web sites for my childs acount.
I can not make a password reset disk since I cant get into the administrator account.
I tried the command prompt solution and was given an access denied reply.
I tried the regedit solution and was given an reply saying unable to adjust number.
Are there any other solutions to try?
Thanks for the help!
Peter
Administrator password help needed
- 08 Jun 2010 #1My System Specs
Administrator password help needed
- 08 Jun 2010 #2
Genius
Join Date : May 2010 Northamptonshire, England Posts : 2,033 Windows 7 Professional x64 Local Time: 12:32 PM
My System SpecsRe: Administrator password help needed
Hey,I would shut down the computer then when it boots up press F8 and then select 'Safe Mode with Command Prompt' then let it load the files then log on to any user and type in ;net user administrator /active:yes; that is including the space's and now you can shut down the computer, then log on to the user saying Administrator and make adjustments.To disable that user log on to it then go to start>all programs>accessories then right click Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator And type in 'net user administrator /active:no' And then you're done. Reply if you need any more infomation or I am unclear to you Hope this helps,Josh
- 08 Jun 2010 #3
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Join Date : Feb 2008 The Lowcountry Posts : 2,617 Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro Local Time: 08:32 AM
My System SpecsRe: Administrator password help needed
Hello Gabsdad95, welcome to Vista Forums!
Here is a link below to the tutorial that describes the method that Shadowjk mentioned, have a look and be sure to post back to keep us informed.
How to Enable the Built-in Administrator Account
- 08 Jun 2010 #4My System Specs
Re: Administrator password help needed
I started in safe mode with command prompt. Could not access admin.- it still wanted password. Opened my childs user account and tried the following;
I tried typing ;net user... as shadow described and got access is denied.
I tried following the tutorial link and typing net user... omitting the ; , and got a System error 5 has occured. Access is denied.Any solutions to these problems?
Thanks again for the help.
- 08 Jun 2010 #5
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Join Date : Feb 2008 The Lowcountry Posts : 2,617 Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro Local Time: 08:32 AM
My System SpecsRe: Administrator password help needed
If you will look in the tutorial the actual command is ...
net user administrator /active:yes
not how it was written in the post above, have a look at the tutorial that I posted above.
- 08 Jun 2010 #6My System Specs
Re: Administrator password help needed
Both the tutorial and shadowjk have the same command line. On my screen it looks as if shadowjk's instructions start with ;. I have tried the command both ways. Using the line from the tutorial is what got me the system 5 error message.
- 08 Jun 2010 #7
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My System SpecsRe: Administrator password help needed
Are you typing "cmd" (without the quotes) into the start menu search box then right click the cmd entry and selecting "run as admin ... " to open the command window then copy / paste the command from the tutorial into the command window and then hit enter?
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- 08 Jun 2010 #8My System Specs
Re: Administrator password help needed
I started up in safe mode with command prompt.
- 08 Jun 2010 #9
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My System SpecsRe: Administrator password help needed
I just did it in safe mode with command, it took less than 2 minutes.
- 08 Jun 2010 #10
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My System SpecsRe: Administrator password help needed
Originally Posted by Bare Foot Kid 
Are you typing "cmd" (without the quotes) into the start menu search box then right click the cmd entry and selecting "run as admin ... " to open the command window then copy / paste the command from the tutorial into the command window and then hit enter?
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I just disabled it this way.
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