forgotten password - windows vista

Hi I have just got a new pc and forgotten the login password already! How do
i get around this without using one of those recovery software programs?

I had somewhat a similar problem when I was trying to change the login
password. It kept coming up and saying the new password was typed
incorrectly, so I figured it didn't take. The next time I logged on my pc,
it would not accept the old password, and I didn't bother remembering the new
one because it said it was incorrect. I had to call Dell, and we ended up
doing an unnecessary reloading of Windows, but it really just took doing a
system restore from an earlier date. You might try restoring the system from
an earlier date and see if that works. It did for me.. I hope this helps...

[Alexisxy]

As far as I know , there are two main methods to solve the windows password problem as follows:
1st Method:
Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press <ctrl>+<alt>+<del> keys twice and it'll show Classic Login box. Now type \"Administrator\" (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.
Now you can reset your account password from \"Control Panel -> User Accounts\".
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.
2th Method:
Windows password reset software:
for example:Windows Password Reset. It is easy and convenient to use.

I forgot my password before.
and look through all the internet.
there are some methods I find.
You can access the Administrator account through the login prompt without logging into safe mode. If the computer utilizes the welcome screen instead of the standard NT domain login prompt, you can press Ctrl + Alt + Del twice to get to the login prompt. This is only true if you are running Windows XP Professional Edition. Windows XP Home Edition will also allow you to use this method to log on.
If it doesn't work above , you can try to use windows password reset 6.0
to crack your windows password without erasing anything.
hope it can help you.
good luck.

[dizzyturkey]

How many accounts do you have? If you have multiple user accounts, you can log on as other account and delete other accouts . But there is a risk that you may be unable to have no access to some files.
The other way is better, which can help you to reset the previous password without erasing anything and you can log on to your computer with original account but different password. The general steps are as followins:

1. Login to a computer that can link to Internet. Download Windows Password Unlocker 4.0 at passwordunlocker.com and decompress it on that PC. Note that: there is a .ISO file. Burn the .ISO file to a CD.
2 Get out the newly created CD and insert it to the locked computer.
3 re-booted the locked computer and then followed the process of instructions. Just a few steps, the old password was removed.'''
4 Setting new password:
Step one: Open the "Control Panel"
Step two: Click the "User Account "
Step three: Select the account you wanna to set a new password.
Step four: Click "changing Account " and "set up password", then fill out the form as listed. Click "Create Password".

[dizzyturkey]

You are a one-trick pony: You have made 11 posts since April 9 - all
concerning lost passwords, and all to DEAD THREADS FROM ONE OR TWO
YEARS AGO.

Forgot windows vista password? here is a solution that is safe and easy

don't worry,you can DIY a Windows password reset CD. There is an Windows password unlocker.ISO image file integrated in the windows password unlocker. Burn the .ISO file onto a blank CD with your favorite burners or use the freely burner included in windows password unlocker. With the newly created windows password reset CD, you can reset windows password with our erasing anything else

There is also a program called 'Ultimate Boot CD" you can either burn this to a cd or copy to a flashdrive and boot to which ever you like.

[bombermanneo]

Forgetting your Windows administrator login password. With no way to get into the system, you can’t even perform basic maintenance, let alone a thorough tune-up. Formatting is always an option, but we consider that a last resort. (Plus, guess who’s going to have to help reinstall all the programs lost after a wipe?) But all hope is not lost. There are a few ways to actually retrieve a lost Windows account password. Read on, and we’ll show you the light.

====1st Method====
The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account “Administrator” and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:
Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys twice and it’ll show Classic Login box. Now type “Administrator” (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.
Now you can reset your account password from “Control Panel -> User Accounts”.
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.

====2nd Method====
1. Reboot your machine.
2. Press F8 before the Windows boot screen appears.
o Do not press F5 as used on the NT/9x series of Windows.
3. You will be be prompted with a boot options menu.
4. Select the Start Windows in Safe Mode option.
5. Click through several self-explanatory screens until your reach the familiar 'Welcome' screen.
6. Note that this welcome screen is limited to 256 colors and 640x480 resolution because the primary graphics will have been set to the Windows Safe Mode software VGA adapter. You will not be able to change this mode even in Display options, while Windows is running in Safe Mode.
7. Find the icon for the Administrator user. If the default settings of your system haven't been changed, there should be no password for this account.
o The Safe Mode Welcome screen might display some of the other users on your system.
8. Login as the admin.
9. Press Yes at the prompt asking if you would like to continue using Safe Mode.
10. Continue on to the User Settings control panel. Here you can change any of the other passwords for user on the machine. Make any changes you want.
11. Reboot your computer. As long as you don't press any keys (i.e. F8) during the boot-up the computer will startup normally.
12. Login as the user for which you set the password.

====3rd Method====
Windows XP and further versions also provide another method to recover forgotten password by using “Reset Disk”. If you created a Password Reset Disk in past, you can use that disk to reset the password. To know more about it, please visit following links:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305478

====4th method====
Comparatively, using windows password Recovery Tool utility is a reliable and convenient method for solving the password problem. Normally, the program can easily reset the password to “Blank” with no -reformatting or installation. Do all the job for you automatically. Unfortunately, it is not safe to use some free recovery tool to recover windows password. So here is the recommend recovery tool：windows password Recovery Tool 3.0 .

Offical site: http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com

you could see the recommendation of articlesbase.
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/18902...login-password

====5th method====
If it doesn't work above ,I hope that you have some hacker friends.

Reference resource:

http://windowspassword.blog.com/

http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Windo...-You-Forgot-It

http://www.articlesbase.com/security...-1282019.html#

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...-NT-2000-2001/

[groundous]

lost windows password? There are 4 methods to recover windows vista password:
Method 1: Take a rest, and try hard to remember the forgotten password
Method 2: Try No Password Administrator Login Backdoor
Method 3: Reset password from another user account with administrator credentials
Method 4: Do-It-Yourself (DIY) third party recovery tool
Such as Advanced Windows Password Recovery 3.0
it support all windows versions, such as recover windows 7 password
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