Show hidden administrator account

hcokrn;687760 Wrote:

>
> Shawn
>
> Yes, I could probably get my brother to do that for me. But, to b
> sure before I call him, could you please clarify what you mean b
> "boot CD/DVD"? Again, I am probably the least technical person yo
> will ever deal with. I just figured out earlier that OS is operatin
> system, lol. Everytime I think I am getting this computer thing down
> a kink shows up and throws me off again.
>
> Next question, if by boot CD you mean the CD for retreiving th
> password, doesn't that have to come from my computer to retreive it'
> password? If by boot CD you mean reinstalling Windows, would I the
> lose everything currently on my computer that I haven't saved on th
> little "bus port" thingy? If that's the case, it's not a problem
> there's just a few files I would have to save or print first, so
> just need to know
>
> And mostly, thank-you all sooo much for your help. Finding you an
> this forum was truly a Godsend as I have learned so much in the las
> 48 hours and now know where to look for answers instead of trying t
> fix them myself. (Which is probably why I am in this mess to begi
> with
>
> Ton

No problem Toni

A boot CD or DVD is just a CD or DVD that you can use to bootu
(startup) your computer from instead of a normal CD/DVD that you ca
only use from within Vista. The link in Method Three shows you how t
download a file and copy it to a CD/DVD to make it a Boot CD/DVD. Onc
made, you take it back to your computer and place it in the CD/DVD driv
and restart the computer. You will then press any key, when that messag
pops-up, to boot from that CD/DVD instead of your hard drive. It wil
then reset your password

Hope this helps
Shaw

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Hi Ronnie does that mean when you install vista on a pc and the first account
you create, does that automatically become the built in default admin account
like on XP??? If so there is really no way round it aprt from resetting
passwords from cd or floopy, regards ranj

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Gunnar
>
> Vista is different from previous versions of windows. The only way the
> built-in administrator account will show up in safe mode is if there are no
> other admin accounts on the system.
>
> A@PC: Windows Password Recovery Software. Reset Administrator Password. XP
> VISTA 2003 2000 NT.:
> http://www.password-changer.com/
>
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> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Gunnar" <Gunnar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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ranj;719141 Wrote:

> Hi Ronnie does that mean when you install vista on a pc and the firs
> accoun
> you create, does that automatically become the built in default admi
> accoun
> like on XP??? If so there is really no way round it aprt from resettin
> passwords from cd or floopy, regards ran
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote

Hi Ranj

The account you setup during the install of Vista is your defaul
administrator account, but it is not the built-in Administrator accoun
like the one in XP. You can enable it from your default administrato
account though. This tutorial will show you how to

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...or-account.htm

I find it best to have two normal (not built-in) administrator account
created to use to fix the other if needed

Hope this helps
Shaw

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Apparently, if you only set up ONE administrator account, and specified a
password for that account, then promptly forgot the password, you are unable
to reset the password UNLESS you created a password reset CD, DVD, Floppy
Disk, Flash Drive (a.k.a. thumb drive and USB drive), or Media Card (such as
SD, XD, MemoryStick, or Flash/II/III); baisicly any form of removable media
will do (exept tape drives, so don't use those). Also, these password reset
disks are COMPUTER SPECIFIC, so creating one on another computer will not
allow you to reset that customer's password.

If your customer did not do this, then I'm very sorry, but (from what I've
heard) the only way to get his computer back is to reformat the hard drive.
I found this out when I specified a password while CapsLock was on, during
the initial installation (so I never got the chance to make this password
reset CD, DVD, Floppy Disk, Flash Drive, or Media Card) luckly I figured out
what happened and promptly killed the password to my PC.


"Gunnar" wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have a customer who has forgotten his password in Vista Home Premium.
> The only account visible is that account
> When i log on in safe mode, the administrator account is still not visible.
> How can i get around this?
>
> Thanks

I have an administrative acct and a guest acct. I forgot the p/w to the
administrative acct. My guest acct doesnt need a p/w. I have 3 pc's all
with Vista Home Basic on them. Is there anyway for me to make a reboot
disk from one of the other pc's to unlock my administrative acct or
reset it?


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Paeshea27

Paeshea27;745560 Wrote:

> I have an administrative acct and a guest acct. I forgot the p/w to th
> administrative acct. My guest acct doesnt need a p/w. I have 3 pc's al
> with Vista Home Basic on them. Is there anyway for me to make a reboo
> disk from one of the other pc's to unlock my administrative acct o
> reset it

Hi Paeshea

Yes. You can use Method Three in this tutorial to reset the password

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...t-password.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

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Brin

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