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| | Locked out of account - Please help :( Hi. This is rather frustrating actually. When i went on vacation I had no password for my administrator account, but when I came back someone had put a password on the account. So now I can't get into my admin account on Windows Vista because I do not know the password. I do not have a recovery disk with the password on it, and I do not have a Vista installation DVD. I've searched for countless hours for a solution, but haven't found one. Microsoft customer support, and customer support from the manufacturer haven't helped in the slightest... I'm just hoping to get some help. Cliffnotes -Don't know password to admin account on Vista Home Basic x32 -Only have access to standard user account -No Recovery CD, no Vista Installation DVD -Can't system restore without administrative priveleges -Desperately looking for help Thanks in advance... :S |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Locked out of account - Please help :( Hello, You can use Method Three in this tutorial to reset the password and gain access again. Reset User Account Password Hope this helps, Shawn Hi. This is rather frustrating actually. When i went on vacation I had no password for my administrator account, but when I came back someone had put a password on the account. So now I can't get into my admin account on Windows Vista because I do not know the password. I do not have a recovery disk with the password on it, and I do not have a Vista installation DVD. I've searched for countless hours for a solution, but haven't found one. Microsoft customer support, and customer support from the manufacturer haven't helped in the slightest... I'm just hoping to get some help. Cliffnotes -Don't know password to admin account on Vista Home Basic x32 -Only have access to standard user account -No Recovery CD, no Vista Installation DVD -Can't system restore without administrative priveleges -Desperately looking for help Thanks in advance... :S |
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| | RE: Locked out of account - Please help :( I concur with Brink. If Method 3 doesn't work you'll have to reinstall Vista to gain administrative control. I don't want to sound flippant but you first might want to spend an hour or two to find the person who hijacked your UAC and press them for the password. If you do try Method 3 I'd be curious if it worked. Best of luck. -- oscar ![]() ....Right click is your best friend... "dsvgsdabfdhn" wrote: Quote: > Hi. This is rather frustrating actually. When i went on vacation I had no > password for my administrator account, but when I came back someone had put a > password on the account. > > So now I can't get into my admin account on Windows Vista because I do not > know the password. > > I do not have a recovery disk with the password on it, and I do not have a > Vista installation DVD. I've searched for countless hours for a solution, but > haven't found one. Microsoft customer support, and customer support from the > manufacturer haven't helped in the slightest... I'm just hoping to get some > help. > > > > Cliffnotes > > -Don't know password to admin account on Vista Home Basic x32 > -Only have access to standard user account > -No Recovery CD, no Vista Installation DVD > -Can't system restore without administrative priveleges > -Desperately looking for help > > > Thanks in advance... :S |
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