Administrator locked out

I have a feeling that I'm in big trouble sinking. As admin without pass code protection, I accidentally hit the lock button. The operating system is Vista. I'm not the only user, so I opened in safe mode and could yet climb. I connected as her husband and it worked fine, but I could not on my account. If I try it won't let me. As a husband, I can't change anything. I have NO discs of all kinds, as this computer was given to me from my sister, when STAPLES destroyed my last computer tries to remove a virus. She had brought it to "geeks" to clean it back to the original, so they must have created the original disc and not given to him. I hope that there is a will. Any help is much appreciated / thanks in advance.

Hi Anne,.

Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

The description of your problem, you are not able to connect to your administrator account.  I'll be happy to help you.

What is the accurate and complete error message you get when you try to connect?

Microsoft technical support will not be able to help you recover passwords. I suggest you to see the following link for more information.

Microsoft's strategy concerning lost or forgotten passwords
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/189126

I hope this helps.

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