forgotten password

my son forgot his administrator password and does not have access to his
computer any more his computer has windows vista thanks...

ackrys wrote:

> my son forgot his administrator password and does not have access to his
> computer any more his computer has windows vista thanks...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930381/en-us
How to create and use a password reset disk in Windows Vista


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I just bought my 12 year-old grandson a new computer and he has forgotten the
password he used to sign-on to Windows Vista. Can anyone help?

Bruce Kaspari wrote:

> I just bought my 12 year-old grandson a new computer and he has
> forgotten the password he used to sign-on to Windows Vista. Can
> anyone help?

Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There you will find
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

My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept her
password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but could not.
When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if I did it she would
lose all her email and other things. She just wants me to reset it. When
the window comes up about using a floppy disk or flash drive, we do not have
a floppy drive and I do not have a flash drive.
How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
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Deborah

Deborah

If you are using an administrator account, you can simply change her
password.

Log on with your administrator account. Click Start and then click your
account picture at the top of the start menu.
This will open the User Accounts.
Click 'Manage another account'.
Select your Daughters account.
Click 'Change password'.
Enter the new password twice.
Click the 'Change Password' button.

Write the password down somewhere.
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"Deborah" <Deborah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AD2F8348-6422-4854-B003-DB8E77780C89@microsoft.com...

> My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept her
> password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but could not.
> When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if I did it she
> would
> lose all her email and other things. She just wants me to reset it. When
> the window comes up about using a floppy disk or flash drive, we do not
> have
> a floppy drive and I do not have a flash drive.
> How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
> --
> Deborah

If you do not have a password reset disk, and you cannot change the password
in an administrator account, you will need to re-install windows.

"Deborah" wrote:

> My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept her
> password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but could not.
> When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if I did it she would
> lose all her email and other things. She just wants me to reset it. When
> the window comes up about using a floppy disk or flash drive, we do not have
> a floppy drive and I do not have a flash drive.
> How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
> --
> Deborah

Kirk C. wrote:

> If you do not have a password reset disk, and you cannot change the
> password in an administrator account, you will need to re-install
> windows.
>
> "Deborah" wrote:
>

>> My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept
>> her password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but
>> could not. When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if
>> I did it she would lose all her email and other things. She just
>> wants me to reset it. When the window comes up about using a floppy
>> disk or flash drive, we do not have a floppy drive and I do not have
>> a flash drive.
>> How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
>> --
>> Deborah

Rubbish!

Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There you will find
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