Will i have to reinstall my operating system if i dont remember my adminstrator password and cant get into my system the only accounts that i have that i can access are limited accounts and i really need to some how recover my password or create a new one keep in mind that i only have one computer adminstrator account open and thats the one thats locked
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I am assuming you have windows OS. In that case, you can always start your system in rescue mode and reset administrator password. Rescue mode allows you to login in single user mode without needing password. Do google search, you will find wealth of information.
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have you set an administrator account in the first instance..\n\nyou are on XP arent you?\n\ngo to your control panel, choose accounts, click administrator and \nset a new password..\n\nif you want to log into your administrator account from the login window, press control alt and del ... twice type your Administrator and password and voila
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boot  up in safe mode, try to log in as admin and hope ther is no password, and tehn go to control panel, sers and selet your password, then reboot and make a new one.\nIf admin has a password, the it gets harder' go to this page for instructions in using the recovery console\nhttp://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305\nhttp://www.lifehacker.com/software/windows/how-to-reset-your-windows-xp-password-137980.php\nhttp://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm\n\ntry these, im me if they don't work, \nand get a new boyfriend, that is not cool
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what you need to do is this:\nlogin as administrator\nchange the settings like on the last question you asked.\n\nif this is a home computer or dont know what the admin password is then i would give up, or install your version of windows over the top, just becure to save everything..
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Do you mean the password from windows? Open the configuration screen click on user accounts beware you must have administrator rights. When you mean the password from the pc (mainboard) remove the battery for 4 seconds put it back (beware you must know what you are doing don’t change things what you don’t know for sure)
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Change your password and change your recovery questions.\nI would also set your new password to something at least six characters long and include some numbers at the end.
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You do not need to reinstall or call a tech if you forgot the admin password.\n\nThere is a boot disk you can download at:\nhttp://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/\n\nthat will let you reset the password of any account on NT4, Windows2000 or XP.\n\nJust follow all the default settings which are for the admin account. \n\nThey also have a bootable CD image you can download.\n\nHope that helps.
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If you can't remember the password, try this:\n\nReboot the computer and continuously tap the F8 key until you get a prompt that will let you boot the computer into Safe Mode.\n\nYou should see a user account called Administrator. Click on this, the password is blank/empty (no password) by default. If someone changed this password, then you're screwed and will need to either use a live linux distro to locate the SAM file and crack it - or reinstall windows xp completely (make sure you have the windows xp serial code laying around somewhere).\n\nAnyway, if you don't see the administrator account right away, click Start > Log off/log on and find it. If you have to type it in manually that will work too. If you can get into the Administrator account, you should be able to delete the old user account that you cant login to and create a new account for your friend. After that, just reboot and boot up normally.\n\nAs for identifying the computer and it's parts, download a program called CPU-Z or Belarc Advisor, they will tell you a lot of info about your computer.
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Here's the best way to reset it.\n\nForgot your Windows password? No problems : Password resetting and recovering techniques\n\nhttp://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/forgot-your-windows-password-no.html
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one thing you can try is going into control panel-users and passwords(depends on what OS but get into the users part)\nthen go into the properties of your name and change your self to an admin that should work if you have the permissions to access the users part
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I assume that if the PC allows you to log in as administrator you must be using XP Pro. When you log in as admin, rather than checking "users" in the Control Panel, go into Administrative Tools instead, then into Computer Management. There is a section on the left called "Local Users and Groups", and if you go into Users you should see any other account created on that PC. Right-click on the one you've forgotten the password to, and choose "Set Password." Once you've reset the password, log out (or just reboot), then log in as that user.\n\n(Edit: I may have misunderstood your question. If you are saying you log in as administrator and never create any other account, then the answer above mine is correct. You can use a boot floppy or cd to reset the administrator account password. There are others besides that one if you just search for them on Google.)
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Which password are you trying to break into?? If it is the BIOS password that you are talking about... the information that you have provided indicates that there is no password so the question of breakig into it does not arise. If you are trying to break into an operating system password, you are looking at the wrong place.
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if you are the administrator then you could be screwed on this and the answer is to reformat.   If you arent the administrator then you can  click on the question and get option to put in the administrator id and password or try booting from the windows xp disk.  You can sometimes get this to work if it is not the adminstrator account.  You can to www.bootdisk.com and find solutions.
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Ok man, i can help you here. What you do is when your computer starts up press F8 (the buttons above the numbers on your keyboard) Go into safe mode. Then log into your acount (no password needed in safe mode) Then go to control pannel and then go to users acounts. Then you can change it without having to put your previous password in
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if you are using an account that already has administrator rights click start then run, type in "cmd"\nat the promp type in "net user administrator *"\nit will ask you for the new password.\nor\ninstead of typeing in cmd in the run window, type in "control userpasswords2" and this will bring up a useful little window for resetting account passwords\n\nif you do not have administrator rights for your account, try safe mode, if that dont work, instant message me and i can send you a program that can reset the password.\nhittin_joints@yahoo.com
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Normally when you have another account in your computer, the administrator will not be displayed on the loggin screen.  If you want to login as the Administrator, what you can do is to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete in the login screen when you are prompted for the password.  Then you will get old style windows login prompt.  Type the Administrator as the user name and type the password and you are in!.  I hope this would help your matter.  If you really want to get the admin displayed on the welcome screen, go and look for a registry hack.  But the earlier solution fits you the best.
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Reall what corperation and what OS.  there are programs that you can change the password for the admin in 2k but won't work for xp and vise versa.