Re: forgotten log in passwords

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:58:52 +0200

help wrote:

> is there any the passwords.way to by paa the log in asking
> for a passowrd if the password has been lost of forgotten?
> I am trying to help a friend get access to his computer, he
> forgot what he put in as a password and I can not sign in
> as administrator or access anything inside of windows to change
Hi

You might try to reset the local Administrator
password with one of the methods mentioned here:

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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