Log in. Exit the command shell dialogue, don't type in anything else if you don't know what you're doing, you could really hose down your computer. Log out of the administrative account, then log back in to your account with the new password. Reboot your computer. As long as you don't press any keys e. F8 during the boot-up the computer will start up normally.
I was given a desktop with Windows XP. How do I take off or reset administrator password? You can use a password reset disk or try guessing the password.
Most of the admin passwords are "admin" or "administrator". Yes No. Not Helpful 2 Helpful It's a huge security risk to have a full access administrative account with no password.
If you'd like to enable this account, log in as an administrator, go to Start, search cmd, right-click, and select "Run as administrator. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 2. What if the administrator account is password protected, how do you gain access?
The only way to gain access would be to boot from another disk with a utility, like ntpasswd, to reset the password.
Not Helpful 0 Helpful 1. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. You can access the Administrator account through the login prompt without logging into safe mode. Windows XP Home Edition will also allow you to use this method to log on. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Boot from the CD and select the locksmith option to change whatever password you like.
There is a way to crack the windows "SAM" and system files. If LC5 is not installed on the computer that you forgot to, you need to install it with a disk through DOS, not Windows, because as soon as the hard drive starts windows it is using the file so you can't copy it. Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0. A much simpler method is simply to rename or delete the SAM file renaming is safer.
For this you need to boot the box using some other operating system on a CD and then mount the drive otherwise Windows locks the SAM file and won't let you touch it. Find the SAM file and change the first character. After you reboot, all the accounts are still there, but they all have null passwords. However when you boot into safe mode you get the same message, so don't try this method on XP SP2. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1. The SysInternals ERD Commander product used to change the admin password seems to have been discontinued, however there are many other options out there for resetting the password so long as you are willing to spend a little money.
Want to easily switch between a user account and the builtin administrator account? Reboot and you will see Administrator as one of you logon choices. If you logon to a normal user account and want to switch to the builtin account:. VMWare is a niffty tool for support people.
An NT or Linux version is available. You can use it to run virtual machines. For example, my primary operating system is Windows XP Pro. This will open dialog box where you may select any user. Select an user account name Administrator or any and check or uncheck the "Display the user account on the welcome screen login window " checkbox.
If you don't have installed Rohos Welcome to log on with the original Administrator account, you have a choice from the options: The second option is to boot in safe mode, under which the Welcome Screen will display only accounts with Administrator privileges, including the original Administrator account. The third option is to make the Administrator account the only user account with the administrative privileges.
This means that you will have to remove all other users from the Administrators group with the help of the Computer Management console. Short description: User friendly access control software allows to easily log into Windows PCs without the need to type your password every time.
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