Cobb Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Ok, so today when I got home from watching Avatar my computer was in Standby mode. After trying to log on a few times with the password it's always been I realized I changed my password to the my account a few days ago. Now I've completely forgot it and had to use the Guest account. Since I don't have the Windows disk to restore it to factory settings I have to wait until tomorrow to get it. Is there any way to change the password on the main account with having access to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 20, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted December 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Thanks, but I found out. All I needed to do was to go into Safe Mode and sign in as admin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeylay Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 damn that sucks dude.. maybe its 1,2,3,4,5,6? or a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h? aww im just joking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted December 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I got it man. Someone can close this thread or w/e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 20, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Thanks, but I found out. All I needed to do was to go into Safe Mode and sign in as admin.Haha, sorry about that. I've got my computer locked up pretty good, so sometimes, I'll answer questions with my mind set on me having the problem, and not a typical user. But yes, usually, the default admin accounts are not password protected, so jumping into safe mode and logging in that way will give you access to whatever you need to change accounts. Otherwise, there's a method of using the password recovery programs, or another more-complicated method of using command lines, but yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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