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Dentfixer
Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 09:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Can anyone tell me how to find/change the administrators password on Windows Vista?

I was given a laptop but the previous owner does not remember the password. So I can't do anything with it that has to do with installing or changing programs etc. It always asks for the administrators password. How can I find that password??
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 09:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
i think you need it to change it.
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Sleez
Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 09:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
try here;

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/27/forgot-wi ndows-administrator-password-ways-to-recover-and-r eset-password-in-vistaxp20032knt/
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Sleez
Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 09:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
more here;

http://www.pchell.com/support/forgotadministratorp assword.shtml
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Sleez
Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 09:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
i can't vouch for any of them, but a quick search lead me there.

good luck.
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Froggy
Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 09:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I got programs for XP on disk for changing the password, but I haven't tried it on Vista. ERD Commander. I will try and dig it up to see if it works on Vista.
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Dentfixer
Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 05:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Havn't been back to my desk in a few days. Thanks for all of your replies. I'll go through them and check them out. Will let you know what I find out. Thanks guys!
Ron
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Hootowl
Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 05:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Try www.sysinternals.com. MS bought them a little while back. There are free utilities there that can help you.
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Spiderman
Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 07:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
If you can login without a password then no password was set.

If you cant login, well unless the seller gives you the password you are boned.

To create a new user account or add a password, go to the control panel>user accounts and there you can add edit all accounts on that machine
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Hootowl
Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 11:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
He won't be able to create users or modify any existing ones unless he is a local admin. If he's a local admin, he can just change the admin password. The utilities referenced above let you access the SAM database from a linux boot disk and change the local admin password. This is why physical security is important for corporate server farms. If you can touch the machine, you own it.
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Spiderman
Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 11:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
If he is able to login in, other than guest, more than likely he is the admin
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Hootowl
Posted on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 04:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That is true in XP, not sure about vista. I am woefully ignorant of that OS.
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