don't remember windows password
can someone help me get my password? I guess I forgot, but cannot change programs or anything like that. I'm using vista Home premium.
Thank you
Log on to an another user account with administrator privileges and go to control panel > user accounts and change the password for your own account to something, you will remember. Write it down somewhere.
If you had only an administrative user account and you have forgotten the password, the first thing to try is to start safe mode. This, by repeatedly pressing the F8 key as the computer starts. That you will get to the menu on the right where you can use your arrow key to select Mode safe [Enter]. The built-in Administrator account is disabled by default in Vista. However, if no other administrative accounts exist on the system it can be activated. If this is the case, you will see an icon for the administrator on the homescreen mode without failure. Connect (the password will be a white) and then go to control panel > user accounts and change the password for your own user account to something you'll remember. You can then follow the General instructions for setting up user accounts in Vista that I will give you at the end of this post.
All this requires a certain level of computer skills. You know better and whether taking the machine to a competent local computer tech (not a type of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad place) or a knowledgeable friend is the best solution for you.
If you don't see the icon for the administrator mode safe account, then the built-in Administrator account is always disabled. Assuming that your user account is an administrator, you will need to use NTpasswd to change the password for your own user account to a blank.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Download CD (.iso) image and burn as an image, not as data. You will need a third party burning software. Then boot with the CD that you created and follow the directions. After you are done with NTpasswd, remove the CD and restart the computer. Sign in to your user account, which will now have a blank password. Then go to control panel > user accounts and a password that you will remember.
General information about the configuration of the user accounts in Vista:
You absolutely don't want to have only one user account. As XP and all the other modern operating systems, Vista is an OS multi-user with system built-in accounts such as administrator, by default, all users and guest. These accounts should be left alone because they are part of the structure of the operating system.
In particular, you do not want one account user with administrative privileges on Vista because the administrator account integrated (normally only used in emergencies) is disabled by default. If you use as an administrator for your daily work, and this account is corrupt, things will be difficult. It is not impossible to activate the built-in administrator to rescue things, but it will take third-party tools and work outside the operating system.
The user account that is for your daily work must be a Standard user, with the extra administrative user (call it something like 'CompAdmin' or 'Tech' or similar) only it for elevation purposes. After you have created "CompAdmin", connect to it and change your normal user account Standard. Then log on to your regular account.
If you want to go directly to the desktop and ignore the Welcome screen with the icons of the user accounts, you can do this:
Start Orb > Search box > type: netplwiz [Enter]
Click continue (or provide an administrator password) when you are prompted by UAC
Uncheck "users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Select a user account to connect automatically by clicking on the account you want to highlight and press OK. Enter the password for this user account (when it exists) when you are prompted. Leave blank if there is no password (null).
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