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Forgotten PW - Safe Mode Wont Load To Command Prompt
Trying to assist student who forgot her Vista password. Administrator
account apparently not enabled as going into safe mode only brings up her account. She only cares about 2 files, her resume and her thesis so I did some research and tried going to safe mode command prompt so that I could type in Net user administrator /active:yes ...... however ..... command prompt never comes.... instead I end up at her user name waiting for PW. Finally, tried something called OphCrack which says administrator account is empty and gave us a pw for her account but it does not work. Checked caps lock etc. Is there a bootable cd I can download somewhere that will get me on the machine to get these two files for her ... or ... is she out of luck and will I need to tell her to send drive to a data recovery company ? Thanks for your help. Sarah |
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Forgotten PW - Safe Mode Wont Load To Command Prompt
Hello Sarah, You can use METHOD THREE in the tutorial below to reset the password at boot. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...-password.html Hope this helps, Shawn Sarah C;1248107 Wrote: Trying to assist student who forgot her Vista password. Administrator account apparently not enabled as going into safe mode only brings up her account. She only cares about 2 files, her resume and her thesis so I did some research and tried going to safe mode command prompt so that I could type in Net user administrator /active:yes ...... however ..... command prompt never comes.... instead I end up at her user name waiting for PW. Finally, tried something called OphCrack which says administrator account is empty and gave us a pw for her account but it does not work. Checked caps lock etc. Is there a bootable cd I can download somewhere that will get me on the machine to get these two files for her ... or ... is she out of luck and will I need to tell her to send drive to a data recovery company ? Thanks for your help. Sarah -- Brink '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience 2009*' (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511) *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*Windows 7 Forums*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) - '*Windows Vista Forums*' (http://www.vistax64.com/) *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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Forgotten PW - Safe Mode Wont Load To Command Prompt
Hello Sarah, You can use METHOD THREE in the tutorial below to reset the password at boot. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...-password.html Hope this helps, Shawn Sarah C;1248107 Wrote: Trying to assist student who forgot her Vista password. Administrator account apparently not enabled as going into safe mode only brings up her account. She only cares about 2 files, her resume and her thesis so I did some research and tried going to safe mode command prompt so that I could type in Net user administrator /active:yes ...... however ..... command prompt never comes.... instead I end up at her user name waiting for PW. Finally, tried something called OphCrack which says administrator account is empty and gave us a pw for her account but it does not work. Checked caps lock etc. Is there a bootable cd I can download somewhere that will get me on the machine to get these two files for her ... or ... is she out of luck and will I need to tell her to send drive to a data recovery company ? Thanks for your help. Sarah -- Brink '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience 2009*' (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511) *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*Windows 7 Forums*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) - '*Windows Vista Forums*' (http://www.vistax64.com/) *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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Forgotten PW - Safe Mode Wont Load To Command Prompt
Ok, I don't know what the "METHOD THREE" is, but for a reboot cd you just
need to contact the computer company (Dell, HP, Acer, etc.) and order a reboot disk. "Sarah C" wrote in message ... Trying to assist student who forgot her Vista password. Administrator account apparently not enabled as going into safe mode only brings up her account. She only cares about 2 files, her resume and her thesis so I did some research and tried going to safe mode command prompt so that I could type in Net user administrator /active:yes ...... however ..... command prompt never comes.... instead I end up at her user name waiting for PW. Finally, tried something called OphCrack which says administrator account is empty and gave us a pw for her account but it does not work. Checked caps lock etc. Is there a bootable cd I can download somewhere that will get me on the machine to get these two files for her ... or ... is she out of luck and will I need to tell her to send drive to a data recovery company ? Thanks for your help. Sarah |
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Forgotten PW - Safe Mode Wont Load To Command Prompt
Ok, I don't know what the "METHOD THREE" is, but for a reboot cd you just
need to contact the computer company (Dell, HP, Acer, etc.) and order a reboot disk. "Sarah C" wrote in message ... Trying to assist student who forgot her Vista password. Administrator account apparently not enabled as going into safe mode only brings up her account. She only cares about 2 files, her resume and her thesis so I did some research and tried going to safe mode command prompt so that I could type in Net user administrator /active:yes ...... however ..... command prompt never comes.... instead I end up at her user name waiting for PW. Finally, tried something called OphCrack which says administrator account is empty and gave us a pw for her account but it does not work. Checked caps lock etc. Is there a bootable cd I can download somewhere that will get me on the machine to get these two files for her ... or ... is she out of luck and will I need to tell her to send drive to a data recovery company ? Thanks for your help. Sarah |