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| | unknown password I was password protecting my Administrator account. I typed in a password for my account, and I clicked to continue and windows came up with an error saying "Could not Establish Password." I shut my computer down so I could get other stuff done, when I went back to access it, it needed a password to access windows, I entered the one that I put in before, and I tried others that I thought it may have reset to. I cannot figure out what to do, please help this has all my school work on it. Thankyou. |
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| | Re: unknown password Andy There are several ways to recover if you did not create a password reset disk when you set the password on that admin account. 1. If you have a retail Vista installation disk, you can use the procedure from the following website. Use the Option 2 there. What do I do: I can no longer log in or elevate to an administrator account: http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Administ..._of_admin.aspx If you do not have an installation disk, there are free password recovery procedures on the internet, I usually do not recommend these simply because they require advanced computer skills and some of them can turn your computer into an expensive doorstop. As a last resort, there is software available that you can purchase that will solve the problem, easily. The program that I recommend is the first one, it is very easy to create a recovery disk that you can use on any Windows PC. These recovery programs usually cost about 30-40 USD. A@xxxxxx: Windows Password Recovery Software. Reset Administrator Password. XP VISTA 2003 2000 NT.: http://www.password-changer.com/ Windows Password Recovery Key - Resets the Administrator account password: http://tinyurl.com/2qr7oc -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Andy" <Andy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8EE193B1-D564-406D-AF9F-EA3C71A3622F@xxxxxx Quote: >I was password protecting my Administrator account. I typed in a password > for my account, and I clicked to continue and windows came up with an > error > saying "Could not Establish Password." I shut my computer down so I could > get other stuff done, when I went back to access it, it needed a password > to > access windows, I entered the one that I put in before, and I tried others > that I thought it may have reset to. I cannot figure out what to do, > please > help this has all my school work on it. Thankyou. > |
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| | Re: unknown password Andy wrote: Quote: > I was password protecting my Administrator account. I typed in a > password for my account, and I clicked to continue and windows came > up with an error saying "Could not Establish Password." I shut my > computer down so I could get other stuff done, when I went back to > access it, it needed a password to access windows, I entered the one > that I put in before, and I tried others that I thought it may have > reset to. I cannot figure out what to do, please help this has all > my school work on it. Thankyou. zip files that will let you create boot floppy disks or bootable CDs that will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class operating system |
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| | RE: unknown password I did a system restore off of my restore disks, it restored it perfectly without screwing up any files. Thanks guys for everything. |
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