Vista - HELP

09-29-2007

We bought this dell with vista home basic instaled on it 3 weeks ago and my
son set it up for me, he is 16 and he set it up as him being the
administrator and won't give the password to me. Is there anyway to reset it
so I can be the administor he is going to websites we do not aprove of please
help my email is armom123@xxxxxx,com

09-29-2007

"AMY" <AMY@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> We bought this dell with vista home basic instaled on it 3 weeks ago and
> my
> son set it up for me, he is 16 and he set it up as him being the
> administrator and won't give the password to me. Is there anyway to reset
> it
> so I can be the administor he is going to websites we do not aprove of
> please
> help my email is armom123@xxxxxx,com

If he won't listen to reason then take the computer away from him. Look in
the manual for the factory restore procedure and restore the computer to the
factory setup. This will erase everything on the computer so make sure you
have backed up any important data. Once the computer is restored to the
factory setup create an administrator for yourself and a standard user for
your son. Make sure all administrator accounts use a strong password that is
not a word, contains letters, numbers, and punctuation, and is at least
eleven characters long (e.g. tbn58$FL!mhg). Look at using the parental
controls.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...ental+controls

Once again I'll warn you. Restoring the factory setup will erase everything
on the computer. Backup any important data first.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca

09-29-2007	#1 (permalink)
AMY n/a posts	HELP We bought this dell with vista home basic instaled on it 3 weeks ago and my son set it up for me, he is 16 and he set it up as him being the administrator and won't give the password to me. Is there anyway to reset it so I can be the administor he is going to websites we do not aprove of please help my email is armom123@xxxxxx,com
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09-29-2007	#2 (permalink)
Kerry Brown n/a posts	Re: HELP "AMY" <AMY@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B9739C70-0493-48B1-BB84-FD61A1EA4A7D@xxxxxx Quote: > We bought this dell with vista home basic instaled on it 3 weeks ago and > my > son set it up for me, he is 16 and he set it up as him being the > administrator and won't give the password to me. Is there anyway to reset > it > so I can be the administor he is going to websites we do not aprove of > please > help my email is armom123@xxxxxx,com If he won't listen to reason then take the computer away from him. Look in the manual for the factory restore procedure and restore the computer to the factory setup. This will erase everything on the computer so make sure you have backed up any important data. Once the computer is restored to the factory setup create an administrator for yourself and a standard user for your son. Make sure all administrator accounts use a strong password that is not a word, contains letters, numbers, and punctuation, and is at least eleven characters long (e.g. tbn58$FL!mhg). Look at using the parental controls. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...ental+controls Once again I'll warn you. Restoring the factory setup will erase everything on the computer. Backup any important data first. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca
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