Help reset Admin password

I apologize for reposting this topic when I saw she responded a few times, but I have concerns about responses that have been posted.

I have windows vista home, which came before install on my Dell computer.  I have only one user account that I did as an administrator account.  Last night, I changed my password and now I can not connect.  I have not created a password reset disk.  I have the vista install disc that came with my computer.

I saw a post here which says to install some program to reset the password, but it does not guarantee if it damage the computer.  The link is http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/. I hesitate to load my computer using this prgram reset my password.

Is there a way to reset the admin password?  Is to reinstall vista a better option, and if so someone can post a link to a thread that explains how to reinstall vista?  Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi cuzinmike,

Thank you for visiting the website of Microsoft Windows Vista Community. 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 the lost passwords, please see the following Knowledge Base Article:
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/189126

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