[Backtracker]

This is going to drive me crazy !!! I've recently installed a new OS (Windows XP Pro) just to play some new games and give my
system a boost but after i installed the OS and spend 3 f**king days installing games / applications / managing files i forgot
the damn password for the Administrator. My PC has 2 users:

1. Administrator (me)
2. Johanna (my sister - regular user/guest)

The point is that my sister is 8 years old so i ve removed from her any rights that has to do with managing software (install/uninstall). But i can only logon with her account.

How can i change the Administrator's Password? Or recover it?

1. After a google search i think that using batch command this should be easy

net user administrator 123

changes admin's pass to 123. Guess what... i dont have the rights.

2. There are a lot of administration password recovery tools out there that can do this
but all of them need installation. Well thats stupid cause if you think a regular user
can't - i can't install any program.

How can you get all the admin rights in windows xp if you are a guest-regular user ?
Writing to the registry/changing passwords/installing programs...

I know that im stupid ok? just don't comment on the story.
F**k why did i change my pass anyway ? this is going to drive me nuts!

This post has been edited by Backtracker: 07 June 2010 - 09:40 AM

[RedSon]

I can help you, just tell me your Social Security Number, your address, date of birth, and copies of two utility bills. If you want I can get your administrator password off of one of your credit cards if you want to send that to me too! It's really simple I should have it back to you in a few days.

Seriously? If administrator passwords were easy to discover/change then there wouldn't be a point to having them in the first place. Did you add a password hint? ie:

If not then all you can do is follow this guide: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894900 and hope that one of them will work. Otherwise it is time for you to do a fresh install.

[PsychoCoder]

Unfortunately since there's no 100% foolproof way to prove you own this computer and aren't just someone trying to get into it this really isn't something we're going to help with here. So before any information is given that can lead to malicious activities I'm closing this thread. It seems your only options is to contact Microsoft support for something like this