Re: Lost Administrator's password
From: Måç (H@teSpam.com)
Date: 12/16/02
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From: "Måç" <H@teSpam.com> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:41:11 -0000
Ouch
"Mark" <mmarkhalle@msn.com> wrote in message
news:002a01c2a528$5ba72230$d5f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA12...
> No you do not have to be a administrator to do this
> in any type of XP. You only have to have access to the
> Safe Mode screen or cmd prompt. On start up press F8
> choose safe mode with command prompt, type net user
> administrator password enter, reboot. at the welcome
> screen press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice, type in the new
> password. If the welcome screen is not enabled press
> CTL+ALT+DEL once. This command changed the Password from
> when XP was installed.
> The same net command will change the password for the
> account which he forgot the password. This can also be
> done from F8 safe mode cmd prompt, type Net user
> oldAccountname anypassword.
> If on installing XP no password was given all they
> have to do is get to the welcome screen. Press
> CTRL+ALT+DEL twice and then can enter though the main
> Admin account.
>
> :-)
>
> So if you really look at it, any one with any access
> to a command prompt F8 etc, on a system can get in the
> system. If you look at Angela answer from DEC 16 to
> Question: Password protect XP home on start up. She has
> one solution with a boot password you can't get to the F8
> safe mode screen. The System Admin now has a new job
> title, turn on, enter the password, stand and wait for
> 300 stations to boot, one by one
> Old Billy was in such a hurry to make a buck even his
> own company can't make XP work with XP.
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Don't you have to be an administrator to do this? From
> his post, that is the
> >problem, he lost his admin password and can't log in
> with that account.
> >
> >There is a boot disk you can download at:
> >http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
> >
> >that will let you reset the password of any account on
> NT4, Windows2000 or
> >XP.
> >
> >Just follow all the default settings which are for the
> admin account. Used
> >it many
> >times with great success.
> >
> >
> >Bob Cerelli
> >NCWA - No Certification WhatsoEver
> >http://www.onecomputerguy.com
> >
> >"Marc" <marchewitt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:062d01c2a507$e5e43e90$d2f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA09...
> >> click run
> >> in the box provided enter CMD and press return
> >> when the black command window opens
> >> type "net user administrator password" without the
> quotes
> >>
> >> this will set the administrator password to "password"
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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