Someone found out my administrator password and changed it. What can I do without restoring the system?
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u also find new password and change as u like
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You do not need a program to "reset" your computer admin password.\n\nsimply go to...\n\nStart>Run> \n\nthen type...\n\ncontrol userpasswords2\n\nand then hit ok.\n\n\nAfter that,...  Select your admin account, then hit "reset password". This will blank out your current password (i personaly recomend having a password on your admin account tho, big security risk if you do not have one)\n\nhope that helps =)
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This is a dangerious setting, please make sure that what you are going to do is legal in your system.\n\nFirstable, restart your PC;\n\nSecond, After your PC has checked its hardware and before your Operating System is loaded, please press F8 until the system loading mode apear;\n\nPlease check the "Security Mode" or other labs like this. and then entry your OS.\n\nAfter this step you will see more than one Administrator Account on your Screan. one is default account which doesnot have password. \n\nLogin as that super-Administrator then change your administrator's password in Control paniel, or just creat a new administrator account for yourself.\n\nlogout and normally re-login as that changed administrator. And do what you want to do.\n\nGood luck!
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I'll try to help you to my best existent.  When your computer starts up press F8 (its above your number keys) Go into safe mode, you don't need a password to get into a administrators account when your in safe mode. Then change your password however you do it in windows 2000, then write it down and restart. Then type it in then your in!\n\nHoped i helped
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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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If you have made a password disk, you can recover it. If you remeber the Admininistrator password, login as Adminstrator and change the user id password. If you have only one user as Adminstrator and if you have forgotten the pwd, then there is no way to get it.
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if its winxp then remove the admin password with safe mode and then try
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Hmm. There should be a security question to remind you of your previous password. I would suggest trying all passwords you have used in the past. If that doesn't work, call your computer manufacturer tech support for better advice. You can't be without an administrator account on most computers, so perhaps, if you have more than one account to the Windows program, one of the others is now Administrative. Don't forget your owner's manual, it can help you alot! =)
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when u install XP on ur comp. it creats an account called administrator. if u want to know the password of that account then fallow the instructions of the dude, above. \nBut if u want to change the password of a uesr created  administrator account then u can change the password of any account by just pressing ctr. alt. del. on your welcome screen and type the administrator in the uername box and press enter without entering any password, u will be directed to the comp. created administrator(unless ur that account is also password protected), form where u can control any account even outlook!!
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use brute force program such as winrar password remover, and if it's mad long such as ksdjkfsjdk1k23jkl12j3klm it's gonna take some time.\n\ngood luck
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the software they are talking about has to be on a floppy then when you boot your pc, you can reset the password. I hope this link can help you. http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#20\nOr if you can boot to safemode (pressing f8 while booting) go to start the run and type  control userpasswords2 and reset admin password.
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This can be a awkward one – you have various options\n\n1.Try logging into safe mode and logging as administrator – sometimes windows does not assign a password to the administrator\n\nIf this doesn’t work\n\n2.If you have data on the pc that is valuable, try searching yahoo or google for programs that can retrieve your password – but BEWARE these can be very expensive and CAN NOT guarantee to retrieve your password and may corrupt you master boot record or the registry and may stop your pc from starting\n\n3.  If you don’t mind losing your data – you can do a system recovery on your pc.  It all depends on your system if you have a hard drive recovery of a cd/dvd recovery.  If you have a HDD recovery some systems have a option of a non destructive recovery which MAY save your data.  Check your pc documentation – either of these recovery options will delete the password and will restore your pc to as if it has come out box brand new and no password will be applied to the sign in account.  Bit drastic but at least gets your pc working again.
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try opening up ur laptop and take out the button cell that is present on the motherboard. this will reset all the information that had been changed previously and hence ur password will be resetted. :)
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Try offline password and registry Editor.  Boot off the disk and reset your admin password.\n\nhttp://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
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Try resetting your Win XP Password. Follow these steps carefully\n\n1. Restart you computer \n\n2. When booting, press F8 and select "Safe Mode" \n\n3. After getting to the user menu. Click on a user and this time it will not ask you for a password \n\n4. Go to Start>Run and type "CMD" (without the quotes). \n\n5. At command prompt type in "cd C:WindowsSystem32" (without the quotes), I am assuming C is your System/Windows Drive \n\n6.For safety purposes first make a backup of your Logon.Scr file.. You can do this by typing in "Copy to Logon.scr to Logon.bak" (without the quotes) \n\n7.Then type "copy CMD.EXE Logon.scr"(without the quotes) \n\n8.Then type this command, I will assume that you want to set Administrator's password to "MyNewPass" (without the quotes) \n\n9.Now, type this in (I am assuming that you are still in the directory C:WindowsSystem32) , "net user administrator MyNewPass" without the quotes \n\n10. You will get a message saying that it was successful, this means Administrator's new password is "MyNewPass" (without the quotes) \n\n11. Restart the PC and you will login as Administrator (or whatever you chose to reset) with your chosen password
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Follow these directions...\n\n1) Log on to the computer as an Administrator.\n2) Go to Start->Control Panel, and double-click on User Accounts.\n3) Select the account that you use to log on.\n4) Click on Remove password.
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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