forgotten password of user account

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• Access to a PC if you've forgotten your ID & password for user account control

  I forgot my user account control admin password and login ID. How you can reset so I can get into the computer.  Currently, it starts and comes to the login screen.  How to bypass or reset so I can access my computer?

  Vista - what to do if you forget your Windows password:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-to-do-if-you-forget-your-Windows-password

  Microsoft's strategy concerning lost or forgotten passwords:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/189126

  Maintaining secure passwords - Microsoft strategy on getting around passwords:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-security/keeping-passwords-secure-Microsoft-policy-on/39f56ef0-5d68-41AD-9daa-6e6019c25d37

• I forgot the password of user account

  So, I've set up a password for the administrator account and have forgotten the password. How to reset to enter and change the password or reset it so it does not have a password?

  Hi AceDiamond,

  Try to connect with an account that has administrator privileges and reset your password from the beginning-> the settings-> Panel-> users account.

  Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305 for more information.

  If all above fails them refer: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-security/keeping-passwords-secure-microsoft-policy-on/024dd682-b3a4-4ea8-8e71-8e4892092a5e

  I hope this helps.

• Need help to retrieve the password for user account Windows 8.

  I need help!

  I have configured my windows 8 "admin" or "user account" password for over a year now and I don't remember what it is. I tried to download a new antivirus on the computer software but it takes the administrators password to make changes to this laptop.

  How can I know what is this password and how do I solve the problem in order to be able to install new software?

  Thanks in advance

  Josh

  Hello

  "What to do if you forget your password Windows 8/8.1"

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/what-do-forget-Windows-password#1TC=Windows-8

  If you have forgotten your Windows password, there are several ways to recover or reset:

  • If your PC is on a domain, your system administrator must reset your password.

  • If you use a Microsoft account, you can reset your password online. For more information, see the Web to reset your password page.

  • If you use a local account, use your index of password as a reminder.

  If you've tried these suggestions and still unable to connect:

  • If you have Windows 8.1, you will need to reinstall Windows.

  • If you have Windows RT 8.1, you will need to contact the manufacturer of your PC.

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  Microsoft prohibits any help given in these Forums for you help bypass or "crack" passwords lost or forgotten.

  Here's information from Microsoft, explaining that the policy:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-security/keeping-passwords-secure-Microsoft-policy-on/39f56ef0-5d68-41AD-9daa-6e6019c25d37

  See you soon.

• forgotten password and user name... How can I connect?

  How can I connect if I forgot my username and password?

  Please read the following on the Microsoft policy on passwords.

  Microsoft support engineers cannot help users to circumvent the password somehow. This is for your safety.

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

  Keep secure passwords - Microsoft strategy on move the passwords:
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-security/keeping-passwords-secure-Microsoft-policy-on/39f56ef0-5d68-41AD-9daa-6e6019c25d37

  Sincerely,

  Marilyn

• On ride password protected user accounts

  Is it possible for an administrator (aka - the Parent) to override a user password protected (aka - the child) account?

  Hi prov31mom,

  No, however you can view their records. (Start > computer > C: > users >child>all their files and links)

  You can also clear a password. (Start > Control Panel > accounts of users and the family safety > user accounts > manage another account >child account> remove the password)

  I hope this helps.

• Unable to set password for user account on Windows XP

  Windows XP won't let me a password for my user profile. Its an admin profile and only on the computer. I went to change the profile and password and it gives me the icon of the hourglass for about 30 seconds, then he says that I did not meet the password requirements. Ive used about 10 different ones, but he does not accept anything.

  Windows XP won't let me a password for my user profile. Its an admin profile and only on the computer. I went to change the profile and password and it gives me the icon of the hourglass for about 30 seconds, then he says that I did not meet the password requirements. Ive used about 10 different ones, but he does not accept anything.

  given the complexity of password is enabled in the pc must be given a complex password

  more info on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786468(v=ws.10).aspx
  Password must meet complexity requirements
  https://www.Microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/proddocs/en-us/504.mspx?mfr=true

• Something happened to my accounts on a Dell with Windows XP (SP3) laptop and it no longer recognizes my user account password

  How to connect to myy computer without knowing the password for user account?

  Hello

  Just a thought...

  Is your keypad double up with some of the letter keys? If so, you can inadvertently turning on the keypad. There is normally a "switch" by one of your Fn keys to do - find a symbol of pad on the Fn keys.

  It is also possible, I suppose, but less likely, that you may have entered the passwords with the active keypad and it is now inactive. If this is the case then I would recommend changing your passwords to be what you wanted in the first place.

  Tricky

• User account control problems

  MY ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DELETED SOMEHOW. WHEN ANOTHER ACCOUNT IS OPEN AND WE ARE TRYING TO REMOVE A PROGRAM OR START SYSTEM RESTORE THE USER ACCOUNT CONTROL BOX NOW COMES UP TO ASK PERMISSION TO CONTINUE. WE CANNOT ENTER ANY PASSWORD. USER ACCOUNT CONTROL IS TURN OFF MY COMPUTER. HELP PLEASE!

  The first thing to try is go to Safe Mode to see if the disabled built-in Administrator account normally is now available. Enter Safe Mode by repeatedly pressing the F8 key as the computer starts. This will put you in the right menu. Use your arrow key to select Safe mode, and then press the Enter key. If you see an icon for the administrator on the Welcome screen, log into this account and make your changes. Follow the recommendations for setting up the accounts of user below.

  If you do not see an icon for the administrator mode without failure, post back for further instructions.

  General recommendations for creating users 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).
  MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• Forgotten password for XP user account and did not password reset disk, how can I get in

  Forgotten password for XP user account and did not password reset disk, how can I get in

  Michael, Microsoft technical support engineers cannot help you recover the passwords of the files and Microsoft who are lost or forgotten product features. For more information about this policy, please refer to the below sticky... http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7security/thread/39f56ef0-5d68-41AD-9daa-6e6019c25d37

• Forgotten main user account password

  I changed my password of my main user account and for unknown reasons, that the password is incorrect.   How can I remove the 'unknown' password and chose a new so I have access to my main user account?

  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/940765/en-us

  How to use system restore to log on Windows 7 or Windows Vista when you lose access to an account

  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/189126

  "Microsoft's strategy concerning lost or forgotten passwords"

  Microsoft cannot help you recover the passwords of the files and Microsoft who are lost or forgotten product features.

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistasecurity/thread/3eba3150-8742-4264-be9f-0daaad2282cd

  Read theBANNING of cracking of passwords information tools information provided in these forums in the thread above posted byBill fill MSFT, moderator

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• How to reset the password forgot Windows user account

  I need Toshiba password reset! How can I reset Toshiba laptop? I know you if you help me Toshiba password recovery, etc. Well well, so often to address these issues in our lives. Today, we share a few ways to reset the password of Toshiba.

  Solution1: Toshiba recovery disks help reset lost password

  It only works if we have created the CD or recovery discs before that we have forgotten the password. The next appearing is the steps to reset the Toshiba Windows 7 recovery disk:
  a. start the PC, log on to Windows 7 and insert a USB flash drive in the driver.
  b. start-> Control Panel-> user accounts and of the safety of the family->-> create a user accounts password reset disk.
  c. in the Welcome screen click Next and select the inserted USB, click Next.
  d. Enter the password in the password field and click Next. When the progress indicator displays 100% complete, click Finish to exit. Remove the driver USB of PC.
  The method is similar to create a Toshiba restore CD. Now the password of Toshiba Windows 7 recovery disk is ok. Put it in a safe place for people can use to reset your password.
  Steps to recover the password with the created password reset disk Toshiba:
  e. click on reset password in Windows 7 logon window.
  f. Insert the USB Toshiba Recovery disk created in the USB driver interface, and then click Reset password' to open the password reset Wizard. Click next to continue.
  g. Choose this Toshiba USB drive recovery in the drop-down list. Click next to continue.
  h. enter a new password and re-enter a second time to confirm. Click next and finish to close the wizard.

  Option2: Reset Toshiba laptop for accounts with administrator rights

  If there is default or built-in Administrator account or other accounts with rights and administrator privileges, we can use it to Toshiba bypass password. Take example of Toshiba XP Recovery:
  System A. Boot mode safe mode by pressing F8 when PC stars.
  B. PC access by the available account with administrator rights and of privileges.
  C. start - users and groups lusrmgr.msc in the search ENTRY - local users and groups - box choose users.
  D. make a right-click the account with password unlocked, select set the password and enter and confirm the new password.

  Solution3: Toshiba Reset password with the ISO image file burn

  We can burn .iso on a bootable USB stick or a CD/DVD disc image file and reset the forgotten password quickly and easily. Take one of the most popular tool to reset the Windows Ainorsoft Windows Password Recovery password as an example:
  a. download the program from an accessible PC;
  b. burn the file .iso on a blank CD/DVD or USB drive.
  c. work around the lost password of Toshiba with the CD/DVD on the PC locked.

  Things will be difficult if we know the methods of Toshiba pass reset once we forgot password for Toshiba laptop! Be sure to share them with your friends!

  Thanks for sharing this, but we always talk about password of Toshiba, it won't and I think this might be a bit confusing, it is of a workaround for the windows user account password.

  As much as I know there is no password defined by Toshiba.

  The user can define the user account password in windows if necessary so that this workaround solution describes how to remove a user account Windows password that is common to all computers with the preinstalled Windows operating system.

  However, thanks for posting ;)

• How to remove the user account with password, start menu

  I got this laptop from my dads boss and there are two accounts of users per password and I don't know what they are, is it possible to remove them? because I can not get on the phone to use with these passwords there.

  At this point your best approach would be to reinstall Windows on this machine.  When you start the machine, search for a key, press the first splash screen OEM that could be labelled 'System Recovery' and [quickly] press this button.

  If you do not have what you need to reinstall windows, contact the manufacturer for a set of installation floppies or try some of the suggestions contained in the articles referred to in the following article (which is on the news only that we're allowed to talk in this Microsoft forum taken supported)

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

  HTH,
  JW

• How to reset xp admin password by using a limited user account

  I forgot my administrator password and tried to connect built in Administrator account which is also protected by password how do I reset my admin password by using a limited user account

  He tried to use built in Administrator account but who is protected by password but he don't know why because I never set a password for it.

  I tried to use the command net use CMD but impossible to reset the password

  Hi shah Syed Shahzaman,.

  Follow the steps in the article.

  How to connect to your Windows XP-based computer if you forget your password or if your password expires

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/321305

  See the article mentioned on the Microsoft Policy below we lost or forgotten the password.

  Microsoft's strategy concerning lost or forgotten passwords

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/189126

  For reference:

  Keep secure passwords - Microsoft strategy on move the passwords

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-security/keeping-passwords-secure-Microsoft-policy-on/3eba3150-8742-4264-be9f-0daaad2282cd (Refer to the suggestion given by BillFill, dated dated December 14, 2009)

• only a single user account set up my password does not work cant get in computer how to get back in

  I have only a compound forgotten password on the other user account can not enter in my computer at all the

  Hi Billy,

  Demarrer start in safe mode, press F8 when the power & use administrator as username & password will be empty, and then press ENTER.

  Once you have started, go to Control Panelthen user accounts select the user you want to change. Then, restart the system. Use the same user name & where you changed your password.
  Kind regards
  J Chambers