how to bypass administrative password

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my pc shut down.....n now when i switch it on it is asking for the
administrative password....i bought this pc second hand & havent got a clue
how to bypass this section.....everything i have tried n believe me i have
tried ( reprogramming it ....... tried recovery disc) each time it still asks
for this admin password.... i am not connected to a network ....i am based at
home...i have tried entering my user name & password ......still it tells me
that the system cannot log me on.....somebody please help!!!! before i wreck
this tower........
 
There is software out there that will bypass this but should not be attempted unless you rellay know what you are doing. You can't get into the machine at all. Would it be easier to just reload the computer? Do you have disks? What os are you runing?

Thanks,
Eric
 
frances1961 said:
my pc shut down.....n now when i switch it on it is asking for the
administrative password....i bought this pc second hand & havent got a
clue how to bypass this section.....everything i have tried n believe
me i have tried ( reprogramming it ....... tried recovery disc) each
time it still asks for this admin password.... i am not connected to a
network ....i am based at home...i have tried entering my user name &
password ......still it tells me that the system cannot log me
on.....somebody please help!!!! before i wreck this tower........
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In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly
tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to
the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not
work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
Administrator account. The default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
Windows.

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or
have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the
built-in Administrator account's password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords
that you will remember and make other desired changes.

With second-hand computers, it is best practice to do a clean install of
Windows. Although you don't need to do this to solve your current
problem, it would be wise not to keep someone else's traces on your
machine.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#reinstall_Windows - What
you will need on-hand

Malke
 
thank you very much....sorry i had forgotten to mention that it was home
edition i am using.....weill lwt you know if this works...once again thank you
 
im using windows xp home edition....n surely there must be something that
even an amateur like myself could do to get this pc up n running again....i
have tried using the windows disk ......but it still asks for that damn
password.....
 
i did boot into safe mode as u advised ...but im sorry it just didnt
work...still looking for a password......any other suggestions?
 
The website the other guy gave you is what you need. You need to boot from the media that you create with it. Changig Passwords is not easy. Microsoft engineered it that way so that normal users would not be able to do this. you have to know how to create and use a boot disk which partition windows is installed on. Your best bet if you don't know the above is just take it someplace and let them blank the password for you. Other then that just get them to reload it for you. If you can't what you need off the weboste the other guy gave then it is above your current level of expertise

Thanks,
Eric
 
Eric said:
The website the other guy gave you is what you need. You need to boot
from the media that you create with it. Changig Passwords is not easy.
Microsoft engineered it that way so that normal users would not be
able to do this. you have to know how to create and use a boot disk
which partition windows is installed on. Your best bet if you don't
know the above is just take it someplace and let them blank the
password for you. Other then that just get them to reload it for you.
If you can't what you need off the weboste the other guy gave then it
is above your current level of expertise
Click to expand...

Changing passwords by using NTpasswd is actually very easy and will take
less than 5 minutes (not counting the downloading of the utility and
creating the bootable media).

Malke
 
Hi,
I am having the same problem, we bought a used computer with XP installed,
deleted the old administrator and set up a new one and have been using for a
year with no problem. All of a sudden the old administrator is back on the
startup and the new administrator password will not allow us to get in. I
will try the safe mode idea and let you know if that works for me.
 
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