Show hidden administrator account

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

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
news:4CADC62A-6C1F-44F0-A466-59F6E5D55459@microsoft.com...

> 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

Thanks, this gave me a clue, but is there any known free downloadable
software availible anyone know about??


"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/
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Gunnar" <Gunnar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4CADC62A-6C1F-44F0-A466-59F6E5D55459@microsoft.com...

>

Gunnar;678867 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

Hi, Gunnar. Please try the link below. The tutorial from Brink may be
able to help you. Please reply if it works for you or not. Thank you.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...-password.html


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davidjchuang

Help! I have the same problem as Gunnar, do not have a clue what th
admin password is and can't do much of anything without it. Brink'
tutorial does not help because I have to okay those steps with th
password, which I don't have. I cannot log on in safe mode withou
admin password to okay it. Does Vista have a set admin password? I hav
tried leaving it blank, tried "blank", "password", "administrator", etc
and none of those work. Is there any free way to recover th
password?
Thank-you for any help anyone can provide with this problem.

Gunnar;679154 Wrote:

> Thanks, this gave me a clue, but is there any known free downloadable
> software availible anyone know about??
>
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

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hcokrn

hcokrn;686960 Wrote:

> Help! I have the same problem as Gunnar, do not have a clue what th
> admin password is and can't do much of anything without it. Brink'
> tutorial does not help because I have to okay those steps with th
> password, which I don't have. I cannot log on in safe mode without admi
> password to okay it. Does Vista have a set admin password? I have trie
> leaving it blank, tried "blank", "password", "administrator", etc. an
> none of those work. Is there any free way to recover the password
> Thank-you for any help anyone can provide with this problem
>

Hello Gunnar and hcokrn
I'm giving you a link in which you can ONLY use METHOD THREE, becaus
you lost the admin account and there is no other admin accoun
available. READ the note and warning under method 3 First before yo
proceed
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...t-password.htm
Would appreciate if you inform me of your result. Good luck

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t-4-2

t-4-2,

Appreciate your help, but my son tells me we can't do this as it
requires a floppy disc or CD burner (we have CD-ROM) and use a bus port
(?) to save files on. There were no directions telling if we could save
the file on that or not. This is all way over my head, obviously, can
we use this method to save the file, and if so, do we follow the floppy
disc or CD instructions? Thanks!


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hcokrn

hcokrn;687679 Wrote:

> t-4-2,
>
> Appreciate your help, but my son tells me we can't do this as it
> requires a floppy disc or CD burner (we have CD-ROM) and use a bus port
> (?) to save files on. There were no directions telling if we could save
> the file on that or not. This is all way over my head, obviously, can we
> use this method to save the file, and if so, do we follow the floppy
> disc or CD instructions? Thanks!

Hello hcokrn,
Forgive me, as it turns out, it's a little over my head too. As I have
not done it personally, I'm reluctant to tell you what to do. If I gave
you the wrong instructions, it could be devastating to your computer. I
have to leave it to more experienced people. Hope you can understand.
Good luck.


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t-4-2

hcokrn;687679 Wrote:

> t-4-2
>
> Appreciate your help, but my son tells me we can't do this as i
> requires a floppy disc or CD burner (we have CD-ROM) and use a bus por
> (?) to save files on. There were no directions telling if we could sav
> the file on that or not. This is all way over my head, obviously, can w
> use this method to save the file, and if so, do we follow the flopp
> disc or CD instructions? Thanks

Hi Kcokrn

Do you have a friend's computer that you can use to burn the boo
CD/DVD with, then be able to use it on your computer

Shaw

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Brin

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not as
them.*
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*Please post feedback to help others.*

Brink;687733 Wrote:

>
> Hi Kcokrn,
>
> Do you have a friend's computer that you can use to burn the boot
> CD/DVD with, then be able to use it on your computer?
>
> Shawn

Shawn,

Yes, I could probably get my brother to do that for me. But, to be
sure before I call him, could you please clarify what you mean by "boot
CD/DVD"? Again, I am probably the least technical person you will ever
deal with. I just figured out earlier that OS is operating 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 the
password, doesn't that have to come from my computer to retreive it's
password? If by boot CD you mean reinstalling Windows, would I then
lose everything currently on my computer that I haven't saved on the
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 I just
need to know.

And mostly, thank-you all sooo much for your help. Finding you and
this forum was truly a Godsend as I have learned so much in the last 48
hours and now know where to look for answers instead of trying to fix
them myself. (Which is probably why I am in this mess to begin with
)

Toni


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hcokrn