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Old 08-22-2007   #1 (permalink)
Barb K


 
 

Administrative Password

Hi I have Windows Vista and am trying to download a program from the internet
which requires the Administrative Password. I am the administrator, but I
cannot remember my password or my sign in name. I'm starting to feel pc
illiterate. I started to download the password recovery disc, but it had a
step in there I couldn't do, so here I am STUCK. Is there anyway to disable
the password, bypass, erase, etc so I can download this program. I need it
for work. Thanks.

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Old 08-22-2007   #2 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP


 
 

Re: Administrative Password

Barb

Unfortunately there is no easy way to recover an administrative password if
you did not create password recovery disk when you created the admin account
password.

The best method I have found is the following software. You can install
the product on any computer, create a boot CD, DVD, floppy disk, or USB
stick and then take that boot disk to your PC and run it. When you boot
from the disk, it has very easy step by step instructions to find and
remove the password for any account on the system.

Windows Password Recovery Software. Reset Administrator Password.
XP VISTA 2003 2000 NT:
http://www.password-changer.com/



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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Barb K" <Barb K@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6E6FFA7-185E-4473-B67A-279310C04743@microsoft.com...
> Hi I have Windows Vista and am trying to download a program from the
> internet
> which requires the Administrative Password. I am the administrator, but I
> cannot remember my password or my sign in name. I'm starting to feel pc
> illiterate. I started to download the password recovery disc, but it had
> a
> step in there I couldn't do, so here I am STUCK. Is there anyway to
> disable
> the password, bypass, erase, etc so I can download this program. I need
> it
> for work. Thanks.


My System SpecsSystem Spec
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