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Old 11-28-2007   #1 (permalink)
Pinging around


 
 

forgot my password in other account

There are three accounts on opening Vista . One is guest , one adminstrator
and one other. I have forgotten the password to the other one. Is there any
way to delete this account and start anew?

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Old 11-28-2007   #2 (permalink)
RonPaskowski


 
 

RE: forgot my password in other account

depending on the version you have:
1. right click on "Computer" icon or thought the start button, go to manage
then to Local Users and Groups. You can't delete the guest account or
built-in administrator account but you can disable them

To delete an account, right click on the account and delete..

Most of these tasks can also be performed from the control panel --> user
accounts

"Pinging around" wrote:
Quote:

> There are three accounts on opening Vista . One is guest , one adminstrator
> and one other. I have forgotten the password to the other one. Is there any
> way to delete this account and start anew?
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Old 11-28-2007   #3 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP


 
 

Re: forgot my password in other account

You can simply log on with your administrator account, go to Control
Panel/User Accounts and change or delete the password for that 'other'
account.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Pinging around" <Pingingaround@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> There are three accounts on opening Vista . One is guest , one
> adminstrator
> and one other. I have forgotten the password to the other one. Is there
> any
> way to delete this account and start anew?
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Old 11-28-2007   #4 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: forgot my password in other account

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Pinging around View Post
There are three accounts on opening Vista . One is guest , one adminstrator
and one other. I have forgotten the password to the other one. Is there any
way to delete this account and start anew?
Hi Pinging around,

This tutorial will show you how to either Remove or Change the password for the other Administrator account from within the Administrator account you did not forget the password from.

User Account - Remove Password

Shawn
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Old 11-28-2007   #5 (permalink)
Bruce Chambers


 
 

Re: forgot my password in other account

Pinging around wrote:
Quote:

> There are three accounts on opening Vista . One is guest , one adminstrator
> and one other. I have forgotten the password to the other one. Is there any
> way to delete this account and start anew?

Why not simply use the administrative account to reset the "other"
account's password?


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