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7-4-2009: Sorry for the inconvenience. We finally upgraded to vBulletin 3 !! See you there, Larry XP user account login: forgot password!!!!! PLEASE HELP!Go to the Tech-Forums Discussion Home PagePosted by: photekxl Somehow I have forgotten my password for my user account. Honestly I don't remember ever making one but nowadays I tend to forget plenty. For those wondering how I could have forgotten the password I haven't used my computer in almost 6 months. I've tried everything I can think of. I've tried every password I've ever used and to no avail. Then I used ctrl alt del to go into the other login screen and to login as administrator but that didn't work either. I tried "administrator" with no password, then "administrator" with "admin" as password, then "administrator" with passwords I frequently use. Nothing. Computer says check user name/domain/password. Iam wondering: when I go into this login screen the "user name" window is already filled in with "photekxl," a handle that I frequently use (as you see here). If the window is already filled in does that mean I definitely have an account with that name, even though I don't remember the password? Also tried "guest" with no pass and it says my guest account has been removed and to "contact the system administrator." Funny. Please tell me there is a way to get into my files as a guest or something without having to login somewhere? Boot from a CD? Hack into it somehow? I have lots of school and work related files that I simply can't lose so reinstalling is not an option unless it's the only one. PLEASE HELP!!! Appreciate the responses. iK Posted by: Deadmonkey i have o idea, but if you get another hdd and set your old one as your secondry and the new one as the primary and install windows toone the new hdd u should be able to access our old hdd and recover the files. ill try of think of another way Posted by: thecker Have you tried looking in the registry? Posted by: h4x0r SAM files located at in the (System32/config/SAM) stores all the passwords (in deep encryption) for NT, 2000, XP. Make a boot disk (make a NTFS boot disk that reads of NTFS hd if you have one) and copy that file called "SAM". Look on the internet to find a tool to decrypt it. Should take couple of Hrs to couple of days. Anyway good luck with that. Posted by: CrashAbbott just install a another hdd ,, like DeadMonkey said .. quick easy, no aggravation,, get your stuff ,, reinstall,,, the reason why the photekxl comes up is because that was the last successful logon to the machine..windows default.. plus,, maybe keep a journal if your "internal" HDD is going,, talking Your memory *hahhahahahahha* stupid humour :) Posted by: sPlAtOiD Im not real sure about this but when the login box comes up.Hit alt,control,delete to bring up the task manager.go to apilcations then new task then browse to desktop.exe it will at least get you into your things to look around I think. I had to do this on windows 2000 for a friend and it helped becaus i didnt have a password also. I hope it works. Posted by: Zagadka You can always use the second hard disk method as suggested by Deadmonkey...or you can use the various password cracking utilities on the net... Posted by: A_Zip1 thiers some good brute forve progs for cracking the sam files :D hehe Posted by: mrdinkel Or you could restart and go on in safe mode, then logon as administrator. From there, you can reset your password Posted by: h4x0r There is a prob with that though. If you dont have the Administrator password, it doesnt matter if ure in safe mod or not. easy way to goto the administrator is, in the login screen, press CTRL + ALT + DEL (Ive tried it only in XP Pro Retail) You have to try this before anyone else logs in. Like you cant logout now and go to the login screen and do it. You have to reboot the computer. Press CTRL + ALT + DEL Twice. TWICE. Hope it helps. SAM file cracking is the best. Posted by: hardmachine yes, the best way is to take another hdd and save your files or access the SAM files. or you can reinstall the os also! Posted by: Terry There is a program called Winternals Disl Commander that will let you reset/change the administrator password. See if you can find someone that has a copy - good luck! Posted by: randy Hey listen, go to [url]http://techtv.com/callforhelp[/url], look in the shownotes, they have a bunch of registry edits that can remove the passwords and you can set up a new one. Hope this helps. :) Posted by: appledj2 I use ERD commander (all bootable GUI) to reset the admin password. No sweat... look it up... peace Posted by: Qiranworms Wait. In normal mode of XP home, you can't log in to the administrator account anyway, whether there is a pass or not. As mrdinkel said, boot into safe mode, and from there you can get into the Administrator account. Of course, if you have set a password for this, your best bet is to use your hard drive as a secondary one, and boot from another. Sorry. Forgetting your password is tough. I know you must have heard this a thousand times, but be consistant with your passwords. If you must have different passwords for different things alter a letter or something, in accordence with whatever the password is for. Posted by: LwdSquashman [URL=http://bsdhound.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=141&mode=nested&order=0&thold=-1]Link[/URL] Windows XP, which has been marketed by Microsoft as "the most secure version ever," has been found to have a flaw so bone-headed that it renders passwords ineffective as a means of keeping people out of your PC. All administrators of Windows XP machines should immediately take to heart: Anyone with a Windows 2000 CD can boot up a Windows XP box and start the Windows 2000 Recovery Console, a troubleshooting program. Windows XP then allows the visitor to operate as Administrator without a password, even if the Administrator account has a strong password. The visitor can also operate in any of the other user accounts that may be present on the XP machine, even if those accounts have passwords. Unbelievably, the visitor can copy files from the hard disk to a floppy disk or other removable media - something even an Administrator is normally prevented from doing when using the Recovery Console. Posted by: darkjonuk ok what you need to do is restart your pc in safe mode and login as the administrator then goto user acounts and change the password easy as that mate /matess hope that helps you Please Visit the Online Configurator, Email Hosting, Internet Marketing , Computer Schools , Software for Real Estate , AAOutlook , Search Engine Site |