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Old 04-11-2007   #1 (permalink)
Candyl70


 
 

Forgot admin password

Help! I changed my admin password and cannot remember what it is. How can I
reset it? I don't have anything saved to a floppy etc. Please tell me there
is a way to recover my password.

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Old 04-13-2007   #2 (permalink)
Candyl70


 
 

RE: Forgot admin password



"Candyl70" wrote:

> Help! I changed my admin password and cannot remember what it is. How can I
> reset it? I don't have anything saved to a floppy etc. Please tell me there
> is a way to recover my password.


Please anyone?? I have done a search and can't find any answers to my
problem I have a Gateway Notebook that I bought a few months ago, but I
didn't buy the insurance that replaces problems. I called Gateway last night
and the girl that I talked to was no help whatsoeve r. She didn't understand
that I forgot the Windows Admin password, not the HDD or anything else. Am I
making any sense?? PLEASE..... SOMEONE??????
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Old 04-13-2007   #3 (permalink)
Vladimir Katalov


 
 

Re: Forgot admin password

"Candyl70" <Candyl70@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A611CFBA-3E73-4632-B303-3A69424531CD@microsoft.com...
>
>> Help! I changed my admin password and cannot remember what it is. How
>> can I
>> reset it? I don't have anything saved to a floppy etc. Please tell me
>> there
>> is a way to recover my password.

>
> Please anyone?? I have done a search and can't find any answers to my
> problem I have a Gateway Notebook that I bought a few months ago, but I
> didn't buy the insurance that replaces problems. I called Gateway last
> night
> and the girl that I talked to was no help whatsoeve r. She didn't
> understand
> that I forgot the Windows Admin password, not the HDD or anything else.
> Am I
> making any sense?? PLEASE..... SOMEONE??????


Try Elcomsoft System Recovery:

http://www.elcomsoft.com/esr.html

This is a bootable CD (or you can create bootable USB flash drive) that
allows
to reset or change passwords of any users including Admin, unlock/enable
locked/disabled accounts, give Admin privileges to regular accounts and
more.
In some cases, original password can be recovered almost instantly, so you
don't even have to reset it. Alternatively, you can dump password hashes to
USB flas and run the recovery on another machine (though that may be time-
consuming).

--
Sincerely yours,
Vladimir

Vladimir Katalov
CEO
ElcomSoft Co.Ltd.
mailto:vkatalov@elcomsoft.com
http://www.elcomsoft.com

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