Re: Lost Administrator's password
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox@mvps.org)
Date: 12/16/02
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From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:25:59 -0500
I tried your method, Safe Mode with Command prompt, and logged in under a Limited User account. In the command prompt screen, I entered:
NET USER ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD
and receive an Access denied error message.
-- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/9x Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Associate Expert ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "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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