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Old 04-25-2008   #1 (permalink)
CRAIG
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lost my password

Hi

Can anyone help me with recovery of my administrator password?. I have
misplaced it and cannot enable my firewall. Is there anything i can do?

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Old 04-26-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Hi

Can anyone help me with recovery of my administrator password?. I have
misplaced it and cannot enable my firewall. Is there anything i can do?
Hello CRAIG,
with little info you offered, I'll have to assume 2 things:
1. You don not have another administrator account set up in the computer.
2. You do not have a Password Reset Disk.
Based on that, you have only ONE choice, other than reinstalling vista. Click on the link at the end of this post.**** ONLY Method Three ***** is applicable for you.

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Old 04-27-2008   #3 (permalink)
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RE: lost my password

Download the Ophcrack Live CD(477MBs) from the link.
Burn the ISO image to a CD.

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

Reboot in the lost password computer, and it will find it for you.
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"CRAIG" wrote:
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> Hi
>
> Can anyone help me with recovery of my administrator password?. I have
> misplaced it and cannot enable my firewall. Is there anything i can do?
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Old 04-27-2008   #4 (permalink)
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Re: lost my password

t-4-2. Can i firstly thank you for taking time out to respond to my question.
on your response you stated option three only. i only have two options on the
main menu. 1; reset windows password. 2; windows vista password.I am new to
the pc world is there anything im missing, i ask this because i am again
prompt to enter administrator password after attepming to download links. Any
response would be
gratefuly accepted

kindest Regards
Craig
Scotland, uk

"t-4-2" wrote:
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>
> CRAIG;693737 Wrote:
Quote:

> > Hi
> >
> > Can anyone help me with recovery of my administrator password?. I have
> > misplaced it and cannot enable my firewall. Is there anything i can do?
> Hello CRAIG,
> with little info you offered, I'll have to assume 2 things:
> 1. You don not have another administrator account set up in the
> computer.
> 2. You do not have a Password Reset Disk.
> Based on that, you have only ONE choice, other than reinstalling vista.
> Click on the link at the end of this post.**** ONLY Method Three *****
> is applicable for you.
>
> Reset User Account Password
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>
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CRAIG
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t-4-2. Can i firstly thank you for taking time out to respond to my question.
on your response you stated option three only. i only have two options on the
main menu. 1; reset windows password. 2; windows vista password.I am new to
the pc world is there anything im missing, i ask this because i am again
prompt to enter administrator password after attepming to download links. Any
response would be
gratefuly accepted

kindest Regards
Craig
Scotland, uk

"t-4-2" wrote:
Quote:
>
> CRAIG;693737 Wrote:
> Hello CRAIG,
> with little info you offered, I'll have to assume 2 things:
> 1. You don not have another administrator account set up in the
> computer.
> 2. You do not have a Password Reset Disk.
> Based on that, you have only ONE choice, other than reinstalling vista.
> Click on the link at the end of this post.**** ONLY Method Three *****
> is applicable for you.
>
> Reset User Account Password
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>
Hello Craig,
Go back to the first reply I gave you. Do you see at the end of the post the following words : Reset User Account Password ? If you do, that is the link. Click on it and it will lead you to the tutorial.
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