Lost admin password Options

[Mick]

My wife thinks she might of been on my administrator account when she changed a password thinking it was hers or my account is corrupt. We tried all her passwords but still get "invalid name or password of account" Tried all the downloads but problem is it wants administrator approval to add or change anything on our computer. Went in safe mode with command prompt and typed "net user Mick and it shows my account still there but said password was last changed on 5/9/09. Did not realize was suppose to make a reset disk till now of course! Do i really have to reinstall vista and lose all our data?

[Hanfonius]

You present us with a little bit of a dilema here, Mick.

While I am fairly sure that you are a genuine and upstanding chap, there is also the possibility that the PC you have there has been stolen; I don't know you from Adam.
... It is the policy of this site not to provide any illegal copies of software, serial numbers or passwords.

I would recommend that you either (1) contact Microsoft Support by telephone, explain your problem, and they will advise you how to resolve it, or (2) simply type in 'Lost Admin Password Vista' (or XP) into your Google search box, and there you will find a lot of people only too happy to answer you.

Sorry we cannot be more helpful at this stage, but please remember that we will always do our best to offer solutions for your future problems.
... I hope we hear from you again.


Cheers;

[Mick]

You present us with a little bit of a dilema here, Mick.

While I am fairly sure that you are a genuine and upstanding chap, there is also the possibility that the PC you have there has been stolen; I don't know you from Adam.
... It is the policy of this site not to provide any illegal copies of software, serial numbers or passwords.

I would recommend that you either (1) contact Microsoft Support by telephone, explain your problem, and they will advise you how to resolve it, or (2) simply type in 'Lost Admin Password Vista' (or XP) into your Google search box, and there you will find a lot of people only too happy to answer you.

Sorry we cannot be more helpful at this stage, but please remember that we will always do our best to offer solutions for your future problems.
... I hope we hear from you again.


Cheers;

[Mick]

Wow that hurt, but i do understand. If my computer was stolen i wouldn't want anyone accessing it. The problem is i can't either. Can get on wifes account thank god but can't change or update any programs, download any software. Purchased password recovery 5.0 a few days ago because i have tried everything else. Still need administrator password to download!!

[Hanfonius]

Wow that hurt, but i do understand. If my computer was stolen i wouldn't want anyone accessing it. The problem is i can't either. Can get on wifes account thank god but can't change or update any programs, download any software. Purchased password recovery 5.0 a few days ago because i have tried everything else. Still need administrator password to download!!

I'm sorry if I have offended you, Mick, but I am also glad that you understand...

I take it you are you using Vista?
... What version are you using (ie Home, Businness, Ultimate, etc)?

Just to convince me that you are genuine, please tell me the seventh letter of your nearest big city.


We'll do everything legal we can to help you.

[Hanfonius]

Sorry, another question for you, Mick.....

Do you have (a) the original Windows Vista installation disk?

Do you have ( a Recovery or Rebuild disk?


Have a look at http://www.filecluster.com/Security/Passwo...r-Password.html

[Mick]

Sorry, another question for you, Mick.....

Do you have (a) the original Windows Vista installation disk?

Do you have ( a Recovery or Rebuild disk?


Have a look at http://www.filecluster.com/Security/Passwo...r-Password.html

X would be the largest city close and A would be the second biggest city I have Vista Home Premium.
I do have the vista install disk that came with our dell computer. Booted up on disk and tried to restore before 5/9/09 but to late only goes back to 6/1. Tried ophcrack, that did not help either.

[Hanfonius]

X would be the largest city close and A would be the second biggest city I have Vista Home Premium.
I do have the vista install disk that came with our dell computer. Booted up on disk and tried to restore before 5/9/09 but to late only goes back to 6/1. Tried ophcrack, that did not help either.

OK, Mick, now we call in the big guns.....

7Mark - can you help out here, please?

(He's our Guru, and he know just about everything, including the meaning of life and how a man can say the right thing to a woman).


He'll be along shortly...

[Mick]

OK, Mick, now we call in the big guns.....

7Mark - can you help out here, please?

(He's our Guru, and he know just about everything, including the meaning of life and how a man can say the right thing to a woman).


He'll be along shortly...

Thanks hanfonius, I have been searching the web and tried everything i could find. Everything i have found did not work. We have pictures of family and cruises on our pc which i guess i could burn to a disk if i don't need admin approval if have to reinstall vista but seems there should be another way?

This post has been edited by Mick: Jul 10 2009, 04:30 AM

[Hanfonius]

Thanks hanfonius, I have been searching the web and tried everything i could find. Everything i have found did not work. We have pictures of family and cruises on our pc which i guess i could burn to a disk if i don't need admin approval if have to reinstall vista but seems there should be another way?

I understand how you are feeling about your precious photo's, and probably other valuable data.

I would certainly get them onto a USB stick (they are cheap enough where you are), and also onto a CD or DVD if your permissions allow.
... My ol' Ratbag and myself flew into your nearest city for the 'Grand Tour', and those photo's are valuable to us. Once I took them out of the camera, they went onto two seperate hard-drives, DVD's and memory sticks. Short of a nuclear attack, I should always be able to access them.
... You can get a nice 500GB Seagate FreeAgent for about 100 bucks. Then you can keep Acronis full-disk back-ups on it, and never have these problems again. (If you would like to know more about Acronis, just let me know).

I'm hoping that you wont need to do a full rebuild, but rather to 'repair' your Vista from the installation disk; this would leave your data intact.
However, we shall have to wait for 7mark to advise further. Just hang in there - he'll be in calling in real soon.

Don't worry too much - I'm sure we can help out here.

[Mick]

I understand how you are feeling about your precious photo's, and probably other valuable data.

I would certainly get them onto a USB stick (they are cheap enough where you are), and also onto a CD or DVD if your permissions allow.
... My ol' Ratbag and myself flew into your nearest city for the 'Grand Tour', and those photo's are valuable to us. Once I took them out of the camera, they went onto two seperate hard-drives, DVD's and memory sticks. Short of a nuclear attack, I should always be able to access them.
... You can get a nice 500GB Seagate FreeAgent for about 100 bucks. Then you can keep Acronis full-disk back-ups on it, and never have these problems again. (If you would like to know more about Acronis, just let me know).

I'm hoping that you wont need to do a full rebuild, but rather to 'repair' your Vista from the installation disk; this would leave your data intact.
However, we shall have to wait for 7mark to advise further. Just hang in there - he'll be in calling in real soon.

Don't worry too much - I'm sure we can help out here.

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[Hanfonius]

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OK, that's fine.

I've made a note of it, and edited it out of your reply.


Hang on in there, good buddy. We'll get back to you shortly.

[drisructito]

Is there anyway to retrive a lost admin password?

I set up a local copy, but dont remember the pass word that the admin user has, as it was several days/weeks ago.

any help retriving the lost password or do i just need to reinstall


jaye