Lost Admin Password, HELP!

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Hello,

I have lost the admin password to my machine which is Windows XP pro SP2
(local account) is there a way
to recover it without a recovery floppy or cd? thx.

com.object

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If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
ctrl-alt-delete
twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password blank and
press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden account
during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed it
doesn't likely have one either,


This will get you in. Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select the
specific user and select change password. Once you've changed the password
it would be advisable to create a Password Reset Disk by clicking "Prevent a
Forgotten Password" link in the left pane.


--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have lost the admin password to my machine which is Windows XP pro SP2
> (local account) is there a way
> to recover it without a recovery floppy or cd? thx.
>
> com.object
>
>

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First, let's be sure we are talking about the same thing. I'm not talking
about an account you created. There is a default account in both XP Home
and XP Pro, it is named "Administrator" and it is usually hidden, though,
until a user creates a user account, often it will appear on new systems, at
least until the first user account is created. Hence, this would be an
account you didn't create at the end of XP setup, rather its an account
automatically created during setup with the option of also password
protecting it.

You can always tell the difference between this and user created accounts as
it can only be named "Administrator," the name cannot be changed and it is
the only account by that name. NOTE: not the only account admin privileges,
just the only account with that name.

If in fact you are talking about this default account, you might try running
a search on the Internet for an application that helps find lost passwords.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
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> Hey Michael,
>
> An administrator account was created and a password was also set, any
> ideas on recovery, hack, or otherwise? thx.
>
> c.o
>
>
>
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
> news:%23MG%23LbrxEHA.232@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
>> ctrl-alt-delete
>> twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password blank
>> and
>> press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden account
>> during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed it
>> doesn't likely have one either,
>>
>>
>> This will get you in. Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select
>> the
>> specific user and select change password. Once you've changed the
>> password
>> it would be advisable to create a Password Reset Disk by clicking
>> "Prevent a
>> Forgotten Password" link in the left pane.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
>> news:evM97KrxEHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have lost the admin password to my machine which is Windows XP pro SP2
>>> (local account) is there a way
>>> to recover it without a recovery floppy or cd? thx.
>>>
>>> com.object
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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"msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> skrev i melding
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> I have lost the admin password to my machine which is Windows XP pro SP2
> (local account) is there a way
> to recover it without a recovery floppy or cd? thx.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com contains tools to change the admin password on
any NT/2000/XP computer.

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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:39:31 +1100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com>
wrote:

>
>"André Gulliksen" <andre.gulliksen@start.no> wrote in message
>news:2vdv93F2j3s5bU1@uni-berlin.de...
>> "msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> skrev i melding
>> news:evM97KrxEHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > I have lost the admin password to my machine which is Windows XP pro SP2
>> > (local account) is there a way
>> > to recover it without a recovery floppy or cd? thx.
>>
>> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com contains tools to change the admin password
>on
>> any NT/2000/XP computer.
>
>Without a recovery CD?

Sure, if the system is booting okay otherwise although I would just get
the single tool for resetting the pw instead of an entire CD full of
tools. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

--
Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/

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The issue of password expiration does come up on some machines, the
following turns that issue off:

Control Panel - Admin Tools - Local Security policy, and in that under
Account Policies - Password Policy you can set the first four items to
0 (effectively meaning 'no limits') and the last two to Disabled.
Then you are free to use any passwords, and they will last
indefinitely.


--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Julie G." <Julie G.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24F1A3FA-C08D-41DB-92FA-C51975F477BB@microsoft.com...
>I work in a school setting and we received 65 freedom to learn laptops for
> our sixth grade class. This very thing happened to all 65 laptops at
> exactally the same time. We lost all of our (original) administrator
> accounts. We thought that the password never expires box wasn't checked,
> but
> after getting into some of them, we found that the box was checked. These
> machines were never on our network, which we think may have prevented this
> problem. We think that the the administrator account locks out if you do
> not
> change the password in a given time. We had to go in with a CD and unlock
> the machines.
> Julie
>
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> First, let's be sure we are talking about the same thing. I'm not
>> talking
>> about an account you created. There is a default account in both XP Home
>> and XP Pro, it is named "Administrator" and it is usually hidden, though,
>> until a user creates a user account, often it will appear on new systems,
>> at
>> least until the first user account is created. Hence, this would be an
>> account you didn't create at the end of XP setup, rather its an account
>> automatically created during setup with the option of also password
>> protecting it.
>>
>> You can always tell the difference between this and user created accounts
>> as
>> it can only be named "Administrator," the name cannot be changed and it
>> is
>> the only account by that name. NOTE: not the only account admin
>> privileges,
>> just the only account with that name.
>>
>> If in fact you are talking about this default account, you might try
>> running
>> a search on the Internet for an application that helps find lost
>> passwords.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
>> news:%233iYpLsxEHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > Hey Michael,
>> >
>> > An administrator account was created and a password was also set, any
>> > ideas on recovery, hack, or otherwise? thx.
>> >
>> > c.o
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23MG%23LbrxEHA.232@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
>> >> ctrl-alt-delete
>> >> twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password
>> >> blank
>> >> and
>> >> press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden
>> >> account
>> >> during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed
>> >> it
>> >> doesn't likely have one either,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This will get you in. Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select
>> >> the
>> >> specific user and select change password. Once you've changed the
>> >> password
>> >> it would be advisable to create a Password Reset Disk by clicking
>> >> "Prevent a
>> >> Forgotten Password" link in the left pane.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> >> Windows Shell/User
>> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>> >>
>> >> "msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:evM97KrxEHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >>> Hello,
>> >>>
>> >>> I have lost the admin password to my machine which is Windows XP pro
>> >>> SP2
>> >>> (local account) is there a way
>> >>> to recover it without a recovery floppy or cd? thx.
>> >>>
>> >>> com.object
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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It's possible to change the built-in administrator account name. It's not
possible to delete it.

--
Ravi Ambros Wallau
r w a l l a u @ s p r i n g w i r e l e s s . n e t

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
news:egM6QQsxEHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> First, let's be sure we are talking about the same thing. I'm not talking
> about an account you created. There is a default account in both XP Home
> and XP Pro, it is named "Administrator" and it is usually hidden, though,
> until a user creates a user account, often it will appear on new systems,
> at least until the first user account is created. Hence, this would be an
> account you didn't create at the end of XP setup, rather its an account
> automatically created during setup with the option of also password
> protecting it.
>
> You can always tell the difference between this and user created accounts
> as it can only be named "Administrator," the name cannot be changed and it
> is the only account by that name. NOTE: not the only account admin
> privileges, just the only account with that name.
>
> If in fact you are talking about this default account, you might try
> running a search on the Internet for an application that helps find lost
> passwords.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> "msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
> news:%233iYpLsxEHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hey Michael,
>>
>> An administrator account was created and a password was also set, any
>> ideas on recovery, hack, or otherwise? thx.
>>
>> c.o
>>
>>
>>
>> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23MG%23LbrxEHA.232@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
>>> ctrl-alt-delete
>>> twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password blank
>>> and
>>> press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden account
>>> during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed it
>>> doesn't likely have one either,
>>>
>>>
>>> This will get you in. Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select
>>> the
>>> specific user and select change password. Once you've changed the
>>> password
>>> it would be advisable to create a Password Reset Disk by clicking
>>> "Prevent a
>>> Forgotten Password" link in the left pane.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>>> Windows Shell/User
>>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>>
>>> "msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
>>> news:evM97KrxEHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have lost the admin password to my machine which is Windows XP pro
>>>> SP2 (local account) is there a way
>>>> to recover it without a recovery floppy or cd? thx.
>>>>
>>>> com.object
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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