Account Profiles Deleted - Cannot remember password - Cannot hard

> "Erik" <Erik@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> >When restarted the machine, Windows had lost my two login accounts, so the
> >only way to get into Windows was by pressing Contral+Alt+Delete, and entering
> >a password. I have no idea what the password is, as I've never locked down
> >the machine. Hence, I can't get in.

>
> The accounts may not be wiped: "How to Change the Logon Window and the
> Shutdown Preferences" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291559).
> Also see "How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or
> Your Password Expires" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305).
>

> Hello Thorsten-
>
> Thanks you so much for the prompt response. I looked at both of these
> articles, and neither worked, unfortunately. The first link assumes that I
> know the password, when I do not - I never set a password for the users, and
> I've tried every one of my others. When I tried to log in as the
> administrator in SAFE mode, I got the error message "The local policy of this
> system does not permit you to logon interactively".
>
> Is there any way around this lock out? My PC won't give me the option of
> booting from my CD drive, so my backup discs are worthless, and Windows won't
> let me enter in command prompt mode, so I can't start from scratch, and
> delete Windows altogether.
>
> I can't see this being the first case where someone has been locked out of a
> perfectly good pc- is there a nuclear option at startup I can use to wipe the
> PC and start over?
>
> Many thanks again for your help.
>
> --
> Erik G
>
>
> "Thorsten Matzner" wrote:
>

> > "Erik" <Erik@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >

> > >When restarted the machine, Windows had lost my two login accounts, so the
> > >only way to get into Windows was by pressing Contral+Alt+Delete, and entering
> > >a password. I have no idea what the password is, as I've never locked down
> > >the machine. Hence, I can't get in.

> >
> > The accounts may not be wiped: "How to Change the Logon Window and the
> > Shutdown Preferences" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291559).
> > Also see "How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or
> > Your Password Expires" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305).
> >

>
> Erik wrote:

> > Hello Thorsten-
> >
> > Thanks you so much for the prompt response. I looked at both of these
> > articles, and neither worked, unfortunately. The first link assumes that I
> > know the password, when I do not - I never set a password for the users, and
> > I've tried every one of my others. When I tried to log in as the
> > administrator in SAFE mode, I got the error message "The local policy of this
> > system does not permit you to logon interactively".
> >
> > Is there any way around this lock out? My PC won't give me the option of
> > booting from my CD drive, so my backup discs are worthless, and Windows won't
> > let me enter in command prompt mode, so I can't start from scratch, and
> > delete Windows altogether.
> >
> > I can't see this being the first case where someone has been locked out of a
> > perfectly good pc- is there a nuclear option at startup I can use to wipe the
> > PC and start over?
> >
> > Many thanks again for your help.
> >
> > --
> > Erik G
> >
> >
> > "Thorsten Matzner" wrote:
> >

> > > "Erik" <Erik@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >When restarted the machine, Windows had lost my two login accounts, so the
> > > >only way to get into Windows was by pressing Contral+Alt+Delete, and entering
> > > >a password. I have no idea what the password is, as I've never locked down
> > > >the machine. Hence, I can't get in.
> > >
> > > The accounts may not be wiped: "How to Change the Logon Window and the
> > > Shutdown Preferences" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291559).
> > > Also see "How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or
> > > Your Password Expires" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305).
> > >

>
> Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ and download the boot
> disk, this will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class
> operating system.
>
> If you cannot boot from the CD and your machine has a floppy drive then
> download the relevent boot floppy set from:-
>
> Windows XP Home Edition Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-BD5AFEE126D8
>
> Windows XP Professional Utility: Setup Disks for Floppy Boot Install
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-4FED408EA73F
>
> Make sure you get the XP drives from the Toshiba site for your machine.
>
>

> Hi,
>
> You can use Active@ Password Changer utility to quickly reset lost or
> unknown password. That is a really useful tool, it helped me before in
> a simmilar situation, it's small yet really powerful. Try it out, I bet
> that will help.
>
> http://www.password-changer.com/
>
>