[lzaero]

please help...how could i recover the windows password if the admin password was forgot?.....

[MorphiusFaydal]

Legally? You'd have to reinstall.

Illegally, you have to find some software to crack the Windows NT password file.

Also, I believe Knoppix STD contains chntpw, but that hasn't been updated in years, so I doubt it works at all.

[born2c0de]

I've seen an Image file of a CD which bypasses the password protection on Windows XP. but I've never really tried it.

To ADMINs:
Move this thread to Computer Support, not Comp. Sci

[INHCNN]

There are tools out there. ERD Commander works exceptionally well and easy, but I've heard they no longer make it, plus it's like $1500. I have a copy at work

BEHOLD - The power of Google (streches out arms and makes wavy motions):

http://www.google.co...s...isk&spell=1

'First link will get you on your way.

[ferrari12508]

Actually this is really easy to do seeing as the creators of Windows are dumbasses. Start up the computer in safe mode and log onto the admin account named ADMINISTRATOR. Even if the account named "John" was previously your admin account, this account is separate from it. now go to start and go to run. Type "control userpasswords2" without the quotes and just reset the password, its a very useful trick when you need access to certain peoples accounts.

[Nykc]

You could also log on as System via the command prompt, thus giving you far greater powers than that of the admin.

[Mikhail]

You can download and use Ophcrack live cd for this. It helped me before

[spearfish]

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Actually this is really easy to do seeing as the creators of Windows are dumbasses. Start up the computer in safe mode and log onto the admin account named ADMINISTRATOR. Even if the account named "John" was previously your admin account, this account is separate from it. now go to start and go to run. Type "control userpasswords2" without the quotes and just reset the password, its a very useful trick when you need access to certain peoples accounts.

Best solution I've seen on this thread. Let me know how that works for you.

[no2pencil]

lzaero, on 26 Jan, 2008 - 10:58 PM, said:

please help...how could i recover the windows password if the admin password was forgot?.....

Since you left out the details, I'll guess you meant for a Windows systems. & since you didn't specify which Windows OS, I'll guess XP. & since it's your computer & you "forgot" the admin password, I'll guess that it's not really your computer & you are up to something that you shouldn't be.

[KYA]

I'm trying to imagine legitimately forgetting my home PC password

*tries hard*

Nope, it's still there

[PsychoCoder]

I cannot imagine ever forgetting my own computers password

[ferrari12508]

im so confused, why did you get a new name psycho?

[spearfish]

April Fool's day.