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12-30-2007
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| | Lost Password/Locked out of computer We are trying to help a friend fix his computer. I use XP, but his computer is Vista Home Premium, so i don't know anything about Vista. The problem is when he signs on, he is prompted to enter a password. He does not have a password assigned. He also has no access to any other account choices...only his. I used Trinity Rescue Kit, and it says no Windows installed. I tried Ophcrack, and the passwords are empty for his account, administrator, and guest. Vista cd's did not come with the computer. Is there any way to repair this without having to restore default settings? Will everything be lost if restoring default settings such as pictures, etc? Thanks for any help you can provide. |
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12-30-2007
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| | Re: Lost Password/Locked out of computer Boot the machine into Safe Mode by pressing F8 during boot time. In Safe Mode, the Administrator account that is typically disabled is enabled and can be used to reset the password of the user. The Administrator account has no password. Reboot the machine after the change is made. This may result in a loss of any data under the users profile if Vista does anything like Private files in Windows XP. Further research may be required regarding changing a users password from another account in Windows Vista. Good luck. "dks-n-tn" <dks-n-tn@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:768E4DF3-1004-4604-AC40-82F5074B9212@xxxxxx Quote: > We are trying to help a friend fix his computer. I use XP, but his > computer > is Vista Home Premium, so i don't know anything about Vista. > > The problem is when he signs on, he is prompted to enter a password. He > does > not have a password assigned. He also has no access to any other account > choices...only his. I used Trinity Rescue Kit, and it says no Windows > installed. I tried Ophcrack, and the passwords are empty for his account, > administrator, and guest. Vista cd's did not come with the computer. Is > there > any way to repair this without having to restore default settings? Will > everything be lost if restoring default settings such as pictures, etc? > > Thanks for any help you can provide. |
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12-30-2007
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Lost Password/Locked out of computer  Quote: Originally Posted by dks-n-tn  We are trying to help a friend fix his computer. I use XP, but his computer is Vista Home Premium, so i don't know anything about Vista. The problem is when he signs on, he is prompted to enter a password. He does not have a password assigned. He also has no access to any other account choices...only his. I used Trinity Rescue Kit, and it says no Windows installed. I tried Ophcrack, and the passwords are empty for his account, administrator, and guest. Vista cd's did not come with the computer. Is there any way to repair this without having to restore default settings? Will everything be lost if restoring default settings such as pictures, etc? Thanks for any help you can provide. This will show you four methods on how to reset the password for the user account in Vista. Reset User Account Password Shawn |
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