please help

[Dietryin]

my daughter put a password on her comp for logg in and carnt remember it
how can i over ride it ?

[maxpg]

log on as the admin and change it for her

[Ganjadude For Prez!]

my daughter put a password on her comp for logg in and carnt remember it
how can i over ride it ?

lol is it bios or is it windows/linux i need more info than just that what version of windows/linus is it

[Dietryin]

windows
it wants a pass and shes forgot it
on the page at the start

[maxpg]

do you have any other accounts on there?

[Ganjadude For Prez!]

windows
it wants a pass and shes forgot it
on the page at the start

whaat version of windows

[maxpg]

all you need to do is just log in as a admin and then change her password. you should always have an admin if you have password protected accounts on your pc.

[Grendel]

You ought to be able to log in as an administrator to delete the password...

Try using Admin or administrator (might meed to capitalise the first letter) as the user name and the same thing (or even nothing at all) as the password.

Good luck, and tell her to write the damn thing down somewhere safe!

[Dietryin]

windows
it has a green load up band thing that goes side to side

there is only 1 account on it

then it says to log in click user
then it askes for a password :(

[maxpg]

ask for the password hint, get her to put in her passwords for everything else and see if one works.

[Ganjadude For Prez!]

ok that sounds like win XP or maybe vista

try the user name Administrator and try leaving the PW blank, or admin or Admin if that doesnt work i dont really know what to tell you

[Dietryin]

the hit says some one im lovin ?
shes adamant she didnt put that there ?
and she had a big sleep over before it whent down
she has asked some of her friends who stayed
but they say they were DRUNK:@
DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THAT EITHER
there only 13 and 14 :(

[Grendel]

Found this in another thread...

If you have problems remembering the password for any of the accounts with admin rights... don't stress off of it too much.

There is an easy way to reset the passwords of any of the current accounts on your system, but you will need access to CD burner.

Just download this file (http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd070409.zip).

It's a zipped ISO file of an easy to use bootable linux disk.
It works like a charm for resetting passwords in win2k, xp, & vista.

For more info on this... check out this site (http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/).

(so just how secure is windows again?)

[maxpg]

ganja he has the quick swap account thing on, not the log in box so he cant type admin in.

[Dietryin]

Found this in another thread...

i carnt get into nothing on it
and ganja its xp

im just gonna bin it
i keep telling her not to mess with stuff:glare:

[Grendel]

Can you boot into 'safe' mode? Just keep hitting F8 during startup.

[maxpg]

tony if you cant solve it, get your XP disc and boot the pc from boot from disc in the BIOS settings. then just start over. but thats a last resort.

[Dietryin]

tony if you cant solve it, get your XP disc and boot the pc from boot from disc in the BIOS settings. then just start over. but thats a last resort.

its in the stinky closset some were it would take me 3 weeks to find it
(dont know why its stinky ?)
lmao

[maxpg]

lol well ya better get searching

[Grendel]

If you boot into safe mode, you should be able to log in as administrator (Password will probably be blank or the same as the username). You'll then be able to delete the password from your daughters account.

That's if she didn't already delete the Administrator account...

[maxpg]

you cant delete the admin

[Grendel]

Then booting to safe mode is the answer! From there he will be able to log into the Administrator account (IF he can remember the password) and then he can delete the problem.

[tftmc]

windows
it wants a pass and shes forgot it
on the page at the start

i imagine you have WinXP

go to the admin of the computer, go to control panel, click Administrative Tools, and under that select "Computer Management" a new window will pop up.

From there click Local Users and Groups, select that and on the right hand side of the window will be a Users folder and a Groups folder, click Users.

From there your daughters (computer) name should be there and simply right-click her name, and select "Set Password" a window will pop-up asking you if you really wanna do this, etc, select okay. From there just type in the new password (or just hit ok for no password

[I smoke lots of weed]

that's kinda funny :P

[irm1220]

wat company made the computer

[tftmc]

wat company made the computer

that really doesnt matter, DT just do what i wrote up above, i know what im talking about i'd deal with this stuff everyday when i worked IT down in Ft Lauderdale

[Dymond]

that really doesnt matter, DT just do what i wrote up above, i know what im talking about i'd deal with this stuff everyday when i worked IT down in Ft Lauderdale

you must have missed the part where they said they only have one account and they can't get into the machine. What you wrote isn't going to help if he can't get access to the desktop of a user. If you can't get in using some sort of admin account there isn't alot you can do. You can either reinstall (and set up an admin account this time) or use a tool to get into the machine. If you can burn a CD somewhere else use the link that Grendel put up. Its a way to crack the admin so you can get in and reset passwords. I've used it and it does work.

[Dietryin]

you must have missed the part where they said they only have one account and they can't get into the machine. What you wrote isn't going to help if he can't get access to the desktop of a user. If you can't get in using some sort of admin account there isn't alot you can do. You can either reinstall (and set up an admin account this time) or use a tool to get into the machine. If you can burn a CD somewhere else use the link that Grendel put up. Its a way to crack the admin so you can get in and reset passwords. I've used it and it does work.

i will try that thanks

[Niefer]

i will try that thanks
If it doesn't help than just turn it off and forget about it... and you're laughing ;)