Administrator Password Help

[Guest]

In trying to do the right thing to protect my computer, I decided to set up
an Administrator acount to control uploads and downloads. The problem is
that I forgot the Admin password and I have no idea how to reset or override
it. I have virus problems and need to be able to run Norton live updates.
Please help!

Sincerely,
Locked out

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Try this link from Kelly's Korner:
http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm

 

[André Gulliksen]

In trying to do the right thing to protect my computer, I decided to
set up an Administrator acount to control uploads and downloads. The
problem is that I forgot the Admin password and I have no idea how to
reset or override it.

Try http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ or
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

You should also take a look at the recent postings before asking a question.
This question has been answered plenty of times.

 

[Alex Nichol]

In trying to do the right thing to protect my computer, I decided to set up
an Administrator acount to control uploads and downloads. The problem is
that I forgot the Admin password and I have no idea how to reset or override
it.

If that is 'an' Admin account, ie a user one with Admin status, this is
where the hidden account called 'Administrator' comes in. Boot, hitting
F8 as BIOS info goes to black to get the Menu and take Safe Mode. That
should then at 'Welcome' include an icon for 'Administrator'; if not hit
CTL-ALT-DEL twice to get a logon dialog, enter the explicit name
Administrator
and assume that password is null, so Enter immediately. From that,
Start - Run and run
control userpasswords2
and you can select any user account and Reset Password