Vista - Reset User Account Password

Heyy SIW2 , barman58, Brink, or anybody else

okay, so I'm trying to do the method 3 (from a editor tool) option 2 (pc login now) and So I click on How To Get PCLoginNow started under step 2 but I don't get the part where it says set the bios to boot from cd.

What does that mean? I got stuck on that part. CAn you give me step by step directions or something? I'm not much of a computer wiz.
I already downloaded the Iso recorder v4 64 bit but don't know how or when to access bios. AFter guiding me through the "bios to boot from cd " stuff i'm pretty sure I can do the last step where it says PCLoginNow User-Guide

FYI: I just bought an Inspiron Dell 530 in July .if that helps.

Please help me by Friday!!! Please and thank-you!

Hi Crisital,

What that means is usually when you turn your machine on , the Bios boots from the hard disk to get Vista started. What you need to do is get it to boot from the dvd drive.

To do this : When you start your pc , almost straight away you get white writing on the black screen - something like
F2 to enter setup
F11 for boot menu

( yours might say different F numbers, or pres Del )

Tap F11 ( or whatever yours is ) - you need to be quick, and it will say pop up boot menu selected .

put your cd in the drive, scroll down to cdrom drive on the drop down menu, press enter. It might ask you again in a sec, something like "press any key to boot from cdrom drive" - just press enter again.



Hope this helps

SIW2

Hey SIW2,
Oh my gosh! Thanks a million! It worked!
It created another administrator account and so I could change the password on my account....it was suppose to do that wasn't it? But I was wondering do you think it's a good idea to create 2 administrator accounts? ANd if so should I create a password for both of them?


THANKS A BILLION!!!!!! YOU'RE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~The thankful girl,
~ Crisital

Hi Crisital,

I assume you have changed the password on your original Admin. account , got back into it and everything is working fine.

If you have a second Admin. account with no password, it is not very secure.
You can delete an account you have created.

User Account - Delete

I would not recommend trying to delete the built in "super " Admin account.

Administrator Account

Glad it worked for you

SIW2

Hi there,
I noticed u have helped a lot of people and am hoping u can help me also.
I have the only admin account on my puter. My son has an account, but its not an admin 1.
I have followed your "step three" and down loaded the program, but in your thread you have said to carol that it is to be burnt to a DVD, whereas it has instructed me to burn it to a CD-R....which I did. Is it ok to do this? Will it still work? Or should I try to see if I can change the settings and burn it to a DVD as you have instructed?
Also...there is a warning that I must select a drive in which to boot the disc on start up, to press any key.........or something. I had to google what an ISO and a BIOS was before i could even begin to understand what the instructions meant. (hence my nic name here..lol)
Please help.........

Thanks in advance...........

Hi Sillbilly,

Any recordable disc is fine - your cd-r should be ok.

Usually when you turn your machine on , the Bios boots from the hard disk to get Vista started. What you need to do is get it to boot from the dvd/cdrom drive.

To do this : When you start your pc , almost straight away you get white writing on the black screen - something like

F2 to enter setup
F11 for boot menu

( yours might say different F numbers, or pres Del )

Tap F11 ( or whatever yours is ) - you need to be quick, and it will say pop up boot menu selected .

put your cd in the drive, scroll down to cdrom drive on the drop down menu, press enter. It might ask you again in a sec, something like "press any key to boot from cdrom drive" - just press enter again. In a few seconds it will start up.

Just follow the instructions for the program from the website.

Hope this helps

SIW2

This is a learning period (with a definite learning curve).

Thank you for getting my Acer 5610 laptop back up and running. Somehow my computer locked password and enabled boot password options; however, YOU took care of that with your Password Reset program. Thanks.....I'll be back for more learning.

You're welcome Jeingersoll, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

I cannot log into my windows vista account and I didn't create a reset password disk. What can I do????Please help, I really need to get into the account

Hello anco,

I assume you can't log into Windows at all.

In the tutorial there are several different methods you could use

Reset User Account Password

You could try Method 3 using PCLogin now.

If you have the installation dvd, you could try method 4.

Hope it helps

SIW2