Can I restore my computer to erase my default admin password?

Well from what I read I can't reset my password.  I changed it just cause last week a member of the family got ahold of him by chance.  I have not connected because I changed it last.  I know what it is but he always tells me that it is the bad pswd.  I tried my old ones too, even tried different variations that it is incase I hit the wrong key.  I don't have a pswd reset disk and I don't have another admin ACCT.  Like I did today.  I don't have a cause of disk windows vista it is pre loaded on my computer when I bought it.

The only other thing I can think to do so is to restore my computer to factory default settings.  I thought that the last time I had to do this when I got the win32 Trojan horse and could not clean the system I had to configure everything again.  Including the admin account and password.  Someone has other suggestions before I try this road?  I don't want to use software downloaded online if possible cause I have no interest to pay for access to my admin account again.  Thanks in advance for any help or suggestion.

Sorry another thought I just had was to restore the computer to a date before last week, I changed my pswd.  Would this work?

Well, I read on the site that you gave me the link.  Very much appreciated.  I'll let you know for sure.  I check with Best Buy Geek Squad who wouldn't tell me SQUAT of course...  That there is a command in the command prompt to raise the level of administrator.  That's what I searched, for the last time now.  I really don't want to restore the computer, but if I have to.  I don't have time to wait until I can get this album which did not belong to me anyway.  And my main fear is that if I use it I'm having probs with the registration key I have for mine.  I guess overall it is possible that the young girl to the geek team did not understand what I was asking.  But they are a bunch of useless people so useful!  I won't buy anything at best buy.  I understand they have geek team for some reason and earn money from good intentions and unconscious that cannot set their own machines.  But the round back in January so that my computer was still under manufacturer's warranty that I called cause them my nephew.  Don't ask me what they were spent, I wasn't there, but he stopped and would not start again.  After taking to run a comprehensive diagnosis on this subject that they don't tell me something if I wasn't going to pay.  So, after calling their toll-free number and this nice lady make a few suggestions I have restored my computer.  Anyway enough of that.  I will let you know thanks for posting, listening and responding that this gave me a migraine pain and eye of squinting at the small text characters.  Laughing out loud

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