forgot password to log on to windows what do i do?
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that sucks, there are a couple of things you can do though, if the information on the computer isn't important, you could reinstall windows at the expense of the data, or since you have a username and password, you should have also set up a admin account...type this address and follow instructions: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
146443
You mean the login screen to windows?\n\nWhat you do is make sure there is only one user account and that the password is blank. Just add one space as the password and it should bypass the screen.\n\nIt worked for me, but now I keep the password because I'm on a network that requires it for security.
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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!
897654
The next time you try to log on, there should be a place where it says, "Did you forget your password?"  Hit that and go from there.
911485
Download the Zip File to CD and then put it in the computer and start it up...If you know the user name which you should by the login page you can obtain password.....Make sure you read down to Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (v060213 - February 2006) this is a free tool that doesn't need anyone to tell you the password...\n\nhttp://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#20
280373
Press F8 when you start your computer , then choose Safe Mode , there's a new administrator account you can log in without any password , then you can create a new acoount or change the password of the original one
1078292
Go to your system properties>user profiles. Click on the link User Accounts. Choose the user and reset password.
682277
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! =)
155593
just change the password again..at the sigh in place where it says did you forget your password? click that and answer the ?'s and bang you get a new password that they assign but you can go back and change it later.
975480
No need for some lousy service to retrieve your Password. It's totally free if you do it yourself. Go to the site below and download the Bootdisc. Either burn the CD or write the Boot-Floppy.\n\nStart your PC with this disc and follow the instructions to reset your passwords.\n\nEasy, free and no more waiting.
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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.
336663
to get back all you have to do is to resign a new password.\nJust click on "I forgot my password" and there you have it
785793
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
909061
U want options... okay, first its windows lock down, just start the computer after the first beep hit F8 and get the Windows Advance menu, choose safe mode and see if you can get the Administrator Account to load, if you can go to Control Panel and get into User Accounts, you can change the password there, now if you can not get to the Admin I will advise a full Windows Install, CLEAN... if you can neither do that, open the system get the motherboard model lookit up in the internet for the diagram of the Systemboard and get the password jumpter to unlock the system then perform the windows installation... any other questions? Let us know!
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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.
728383
I'm making a massive assumption that you are referring to MS Windows system here.  Unless there is another account in the administrators group you need the old password.  If you don't I'm afraid it's back to the Windows CD.  ...or you could try l0phtcrack - google it.  You'll need to do a bit of footwork to get at the SAM which contains the password but the advice that comes with l0phtcrack will get you through this.
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"One method of gaining access to the system is by trying hard to remember the forgotten password, or a password of another user which has the same level of administrative rights. However I don't think this approach will help you, otherwise you wouldn't be sitting here reading article, would you?)\n\nAnother method is by trying to restore a backed up System State (in Windows 2000/XP/2003) or a ERD (in NT 4.0) in which you do remember the password. The problem with doing so is that you'll probably lose all of the recently add users and groups, and all the changed passwords for all of your users since the last backup was made.\n\nA third method might be to install a parallel operating system on a different partition on the same computer, then use a simple trick to gain access to the old system. Read more about it on my Forgot the Administrator's Password? - Alternate Logon Trick article."\n\nIf these methods won't work for you go to the URL below and scroll down to the free tools section, one of those will work.  Good Luck!!!