I lost my admin psswd and I am stuck as a user with limited previl

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Does anyone know how I can reset administrator access in this situation. I
use windows XP SP2.
 
Manny said:
Does anyone know how I can reset administrator access in this situation. I
use windows XP SP2.
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You can try logging on with the built-in Administrator account and going to
Control Panel -> User Accounts to change the password.

How you log on with the Administrator account depends on what version of XP you
have installed on your computer.

XP Home Edition

To logon with the built-in Administrator account in XP Home Edition you have to
restart the computer and boot into Safe Mode.
To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen.
Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears.
Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode.
Hit Enter.
Click on the Administrator icon.
Unless you changed it, the password should be blank.

XP Professional
Restart your computer.
If the Welcome screen is displayed, hit the Ctrl + Alt + Del key combination
twice.
This should bring up the Log on to Windows dialog.
Enter Administrator in the User Name box.
If you set up a password for this account, enter it now. Otherwise, leave the
password box blank.

If you're still locked out of your computer, take a look here.

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®
http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
use bartpe
rename windows/system32/config/sam sam1
copy windows/repair/sam to windows/system32/config/sam
boot
make password reset disk
boot bartpe
replace sam file
use password disk to reset password
 
Why bother? there are plenty of utilities that will do this from a floppy/cd
boot...
here's one:



Yes but what else does it do to your computer.Me personally like to be in
charge of changes made to my computer.
 
Manny said:
Does anyone know how I can reset administrator access in this
situation. I use windows XP SP2.
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use bartpe
rename windows/system32/config/sam sam1
copy windows/repair/sam to windows/system32/config/sam
boot
make password reset disk
boot bartpe
replace sam file
use password disk to reset password
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Why bother? there are plenty of utilities that will do this from a
floppy/cd boot...
here's one:
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/editor.html
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Yes but what else does it do to your computer.Me personally like to
be in charge of changes made to my computer.
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Actually - the one linked - it pretty much does one thing to one user (or
more if you wish to, buy running the commands over and over.)

From experience - I can have it booted and be back in the Windows XP loading
from the hard disk drive before BartPE has finished booting. ;-)
 
okay Gordon, when I go to your link it is all about NT! I do not have NT I
have Windows XP Just like Manny wrote...your advice would screw me it looks
like? you need to be more specific when responding to a question that we need
answers to if you want to help. It is appreciated but mis-guided.
 
ladygilmore said:
okay Gordon, when I go to your link it is all about NT! I do not have NT I
have Windows XP Just like Manny wrote...your advice would screw me it
looks like? you need to be more specific when responding to a question
that we need
answers to if you want to help. It is appreciated but mis-guided.
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Gordon gave you excellent advice; it is you who does not understand it.
Windows XP is based on the NT kernel, as is Windows NT, Windows 2000, and
Windows Vista. A kernel is the heart of an operating system. Windows XP is
your operating system.

NTpasswd is a Linux utility that will enable you to change a password on an
NT-based system. One usually changes the built-in administrator password.
Linux is an operating system. NTpasswd alone will not damage your Windows
installation and/or your computer; any damage that is there will have
already been caused by the end user (you).

If you can't get into Windows because of password issues, NTpasswd works
extremely well and takes approximately 2 minutes to do, not counting
downloading the very small program and burning it (as an image, not as
data!) to CD-R. And if you're considering going into a screed about how
this shows the insecurity of Windows, please don't bother. That would only
show your ignorance about security in general. Any computer running any
operating system can be gotten into by someone with a) physical access; b)
the appropriate tools; c) a little time. I'm not saying you *were* planning
this sort of thing in your response but I thought I'd anticipate and save
everyone some time.

If you still can't figure out how to use NTpasswd by reading the information
at the NTpasswd website, then take the machine to a local computer
professional (not someone at a BigComputerStore/GeekSquad place). As I
said, it will take under 5 minutes total to change the administrator
password and get into your computer.

Malke
 
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