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Reset ur ADMIN password

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T
Thilak Original post #1
Jun 4, 2005 at 1:41 AM
Hi

We are going to pretend that we want to change the administrator's password. His username let's say is: admin

In that case:
1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type CMD
4. Click OK
! --- <a black window should have opened> --- !
5. Now type the following: NET USER admin *
6. Now change the password to ur desire

Enjoy

THILAK
mohit
mohit #2
Jun 4, 2005 at 1:43 PM
thanx for the info buddy.. but for which version of windows is this tip for ?
T
Thilak #3
Jun 4, 2005 at 3:14 PM
reply

Hi m8 .

sorry BHAI i forget it --- ofcourse it is 4 XP PROFESSIONAL

Have a nice day

Thilak
S
Jun 4, 2005 at 5:17 PM
Worx in XP Home also
S
Jun 6, 2005 at 11:39 AM
man

man this is a tip i m saerchin for yrs

but its no t workin here look i need to crack my college browsing pcs password but as u said i typed u r commands it asked me for a pass again for confirmation and its showing access denied SYSTEM ERROR 5 has occured


i neeed explanation
T
Thilak #6
Jun 6, 2005 at 9:31 PM
Reply to sanolution----

Hi mate

U type that CMD then Asked pswd u must type your own pswd

ones more conform pswd type same pswd thats all

Have a nice day

Thilak
:idea: :wink:
C
Jun 6, 2005 at 10:38 PM
does not work for me, on xp pro, iget

"the user name could not be found"
T
Thilak #8
Jun 6, 2005 at 11:05 PM
Reply

Hi m8 ,

I mean just 4 Administrator not for administrative priviliaged user
How do I get the "Administrator" name on Welcome Screen?
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To get Admin account on the "Welcome Screen" as well as the other usernames, make sure that there are no accounts logged in.

Press "ctrl-alt-del" twice and you should be able to login as administrator!

finally worked for me after I found out that all accounts have to be logged out first Or go to safe mod u can see there .

THILAK
Nimda
Nimda #9
Jun 7, 2005 at 1:02 PM
Here's a little trick. But useful only when you get the admin password once:

Ask your friend the administrator password once then boot with floppy drive and copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam file to floppy disk and ask him to change the password afterwards..

Whenever you want to access his computer just replace that SAM file with your SAM file located in floppy now you can login with your old password!
B
Jun 7, 2005 at 11:38 PM
Its better to delete the SAM file and reset the password instead of replace tingy.
A
Jun 8, 2005 at 3:25 PM
hi mate.
it works in win 2000 also.
but you can't change the administrator password while logged in as user or guest
T
Thilak #12
Jun 8, 2005 at 11:42 PM
Reply

Hello ,

I repeat onesmore it does"nt work when LOG IN as a user

It works only in "ADMINISTRATIVE privileaged USER" only. Suppose If it is working in ordinary user modu --- What is the privasy of this OS ????

Why don"t u thinking in a manufactorer of OS side????

Don"t make self as aselfish man

Have a nice day

Thilak
T
Jun 9, 2005 at 12:35 PM
What 2 do if we forget the admin pw, and accidently shut down system?
satyamy
satyamy #14
Aug 5, 2006 at 3:14 PM
Thilak said:
Hi

We are going to pretend that we want to change the administrator's password. His username let's say is: admin

In that case:
1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type CMD
4. Click OK
! --- <a black window should have opened> --- !
5. Now type the following: NET USER admin *
6. Now change the password to ur desire

Enjoy

THILAK

Thanks it works
arunks
arunks #15
Aug 6, 2006 at 10:45 AM
whats special ...u can do change password of any usr from right clicking my computer and then click on "manage" and after select any user in user tab on left side..and select "set password"
S
Aug 23, 2006 at 5:05 PM
nice it worked
yash
yash #17
Aug 26, 2006 at 10:22 PM
hmm if theres a way to recover password of a windows installation that got corrupted?I mean I cant boot into that installation of windows anymore and want to use recovery console but dont remember the admin password.
Abhishek Dwivedi
Oct 29, 2006 at 11:52 AM
well here is one more

net localusers Administrators (username) /add

makes u the administrator of the PC...these commands work only on XP....mind it... :)
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #19
Oct 29, 2006 at 11:55 AM
Age old stuff for me.
I can even break any pwd ( no matter windows or linux) , without the need to be logged in in advance.
ruthless
ruthless #20
Oct 29, 2006 at 3:32 PM
Well you can also create a password reset disk
A
ashu_dps #21
Oct 29, 2006 at 3:34 PM
Hi Frnds

One of my frnd has lost her administrative password, nw every time she has to log in as guest. She asked me what to do, bt i wasnt sure.
Can u ppl plz guide me as what to do ?
J
Jeff #22
Mar 9, 2007 at 12:56 PM
uhu....Good Work..