Vista - Reset User Account Password

Hi Shawn,

thanks for your attention....i guess u'll need to be more patient on me....is it the file cd080802? that's the one i extracted from the zipped file....and when i go into imgburn.com do i have to download avsdvd authoring?....i don't know what to do from there....so just to burn that file i just burn it using the burner here on my laptop (other laptop)...

just when i thought i hv the cd that i needed...i tried to open my laptop and tap that f11 key for that boot intruction.....but nothing has happened it just went to that windows logon screen...(i tried it many times)

and so everything just ended up there....1st i don't know if i hv that right file to burn...next is i don't know what to do w/ imgburn...everythng is not working on me....

i hope u can patiently help me..i'm so stressed and i wanted to give up already...thank you so much

No problem.

Yes, the extracted cd080802.iso (image file) is the one you would want to select to burn (write) to your CD/DVD using ImgBurn. You will only need to have ImgBurn installed.

Place a blank (unformatted) CD or DVD in your CD/DVD drive

Click on the Write image file to disc option.

Under Source, click on the little folder icon, and navigate to and select the extracted cd080802.iso file.

Click on the larger icon towards the bottom of the screenshot above to start burning the file to the CD/DVD.

Afterwards, restart the computer and press a key to boot from the CD/DVD when prompted. You will only have 8 seconds to do so. You might also look through this walkthrough to help also.

Dear Shawn,

thanks a lot...it worked..yahooooo....thank you for your big help...

You're most welcome Aeroplan.

Hey there.
How do you unzip a file? :s

Hello Dagurl,

If you are using the default ZIP handler in Vista, then you can right click on the ZIP file and click on "Extract All" to extract all files in the ZIP file to a location of your choice. You can also open the ZIP file and click on the "Extract All" button to extract all files in the ZIP file to a location of your choice.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Alright, I cannot do any of this, and this is what I have to do to get my computer to work. Most of my problem is written on the User Account-Delete page, but I need help with this now. I cannot use Method 1 because both administrator accounts (but not the built-in administrator, as I can't activate it) have the problem Group Policy Client Service can't logon. Neither accounts have passwords in the first place so I can't use Method 2. Method 3 won't work because I don't have a CD burner, and I can't use Method 4 because when we got our computer, we were not given the Vista Install disk. If anyone has any knowledge on how I can get my computer back, please help as soon as possible.

Hello Guitarafeather,

You should be able to do a factory recovery (F11 at boot) from the recovery partition to restore Vista back like the first day you got your Lenovo computer.

Lenovo Support & downloads - How do I recover my factory installed programs and files? - Desktops

Hope this helps,
Shawn

OK. Well, is there any way to recover all the files that I can't access because of my computer? I have about 3 gigs of music on my account, as well as Guitar Pro 5 and a bunch of saved Guitar Pro files that I can't access because they are saved on an administrator account and I have to work from a standard account.

You could plug the hard drive into another computer (ex: friends) to backup the files that you wanted to keep for the easiest way.