- forgotten password
- Posted by dickcabrera on March 13th, 2006
I was given a Dell Inspirion 7500 by my son in law, loaded with XP Pro. I am
retired, diabled and trying to write as a new avocation. I have changed
passwords, as requested by the system, but forgot the last new password as I
have been ill and away from my system. Cannot now find right 4 number
combination to re-enter XP. Tried fix for XP Pro (CTRL-ALT-DEL) as found on
this site. Also tried XP Home fix. Neither one worked. MUST get into my
system as I have important work on it, and deadlines to meet. Appreciate any
help with this. Am reduced to using "clunker" PC for email access, but my
main work is on that Dell.
- Posted by Bob Brown on March 13th, 2006
might help.. http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm I
thought that removing the motherboard battery for period of time might also
allow the password to reset to default
Bob
"dickcabrera" <dickcabrera@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by Malke on March 14th, 2006
dickcabrera wrote:
I don't know what "tried XP Home fix" means. However, since you have Pro
simply boot the system with NTpasswd and change the Administrator
password to a blank. Then log into that account, go to the User
Accounts applet, and set passwords that you'll remember as desired. The
NTpasswd procedure takes only a few minutes.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Malke
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- Posted by dickcabrera on March 14th, 2006
I am a computer dinosaur. Do not have NT password. Have no paperwork on
system as it was a gift and not originally owned by me. XP Home means Home
Edition. But I do have XP Pro and wonder if the fix you mention can be
accessed by CTRRL-ALT-DEL. Tried that, got to Administrator and it wanted
THAT password.
"Malke" wrote:
- Posted by Carey Frisch [MVP] on March 14th, 2006
Contact "son in law" and ask him for the correct password...
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"dickcabrera" wrote:
| I was given a Dell Inspirion 7500 by my son in law, loaded with XP Pro. I am
| retired, diabled and trying to write as a new avocation. I have changed
| passwords, as requested by the system, but forgot the last new password as I
| have been ill and away from my system. Cannot now find right 4 number
| combination to re-enter XP. Tried fix for XP Pro (CTRL-ALT-DEL) as found on
| this site. Also tried XP Home fix. Neither one worked. MUST get into my
| system as I have important work on it, and deadlines to meet. Appreciate any
| help with this. Am reduced to using "clunker" PC for email access, but my
| main work is on that Dell.
- Posted by Malke on March 14th, 2006
dickcabrera wrote:
Then do as Carey Frisch suggested and contact your son-in-law for the
correct password OR take the machine to a professional computer repair
person (not your local version of BigStoreUSA). The professional will
be able to access your computer in less than 5 minutes. However, s/he
may ask for proof of ownership. I know I do. You may get lucky and s/he
won't. Otherwise, learn to use NTpasswd. It is a third-party utility
and Ctrl-Alt-Del will not help you here.
Malke
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- Posted by OM on March 14th, 2006
Look for a program called
Password Recover austrumi-0.9.2.iso
It's available on the internet free, but it is a BIG download (about 50 meg)
Put it on a CD, and put the cd in the drive, restart, and voila ! if it
works - all the passwords......
Rob
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- Posted by null on March 14th, 2006
You may be able to login as Administrator, using a blank password.
If that doesn't work, try booting to Safe Mode and logging in as Administrator
with a blank password.
If either scenario works, you can then change your user password by
right-clicking My Computer, selecting Manage, then under System Tools (in the
left pane), open Local Users and Groups, highlight Users in the left pane, in the
right pane right-click on your own username (not on the Administrator name), and
select Set Password. Change your password and reboot and login as yourself in
Normal Mode.
Or you could call your son-in-law and see if he remembers the Administrator
password.
dickcabrera wrote:
- Posted by Manny Borges on March 14th, 2006
That would be why malke put the link in. So you would be able to get the
program.
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and those who don't.
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- Posted by coal_brona@hotmail.com on March 14th, 2006
Greetings,
Password can be reset using Active@ Password Changer utility. It works
really great and can easily perform the operation. The tool is small
and easy to use, you should give it a chance.
http://www.password-changer.com/
- Posted by coal_brona@hotmail.com on March 14th, 2006
Greetings,
Password can be reset using Active@ Password Changer utility. It works
really great and can easily perform the operation. The tool is small
and easy to use, you should give it a chance.
http://www.password-changer.com/
- Posted by null on April 5th, 2006
Why would you pay for something that you can get for free? (e.g., "John
the Ripper")
coal_brona@hotmail.com wrote:
- Posted by Malke on April 5th, 2006
null wrote:
Because this "coal_brona" person is a known spammer.
Malke
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