I forgot my vista password and need help?

Question

i recently changed my password and almost instantly forgot what i put down. the next day wen i went to log in i couldnt recal the darn thing...i've been on google for about 2 hours now and have no idea what people are talking about on those forums. i just need a simple clear explination on if and how to either reset the password or remove it completely... i cant go into the admin either so please dont suggjest that, oh and i tried http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ so please dont suggest that either because its just plain annoying to see it on all the forums and have people say it worked for them but i cant get it to work for me....thanx in advanced

Answer 1

Here are the following links for crack the vista administrator password. Read the articles and see the video.

http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=secur...

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2006...

http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/crack-wind...

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=BAocn0ON5u...

The password are stored in the SAM and SYSKEY.

Most important tricks are given in the following link

http://www.clazh.com/how-to-hack-or-crac...

Answer 2

I don't think it's looking too good to be honest.

Whenever i change my password for my admin user account in vista i always make a password reset disk in a external device, (a memory card for a camera or phone will suffice, but i use an external hard drive), this prevents the situation you are currently facing.  If you log in to another account on your pc, you may be able to get to your files and folders, and copy them to a external device (hard drive), and then i think the only way you'll be able to get back into Vista as a administrator is to perform a system recovery on your pc.  This will set your pc back to how it was configured when your first bought it, all your files and folders will be deleted (they can be copied back via your external device).  This can be a very long and tedious process though.  Have a look around on the web some more and see if you can find a piece of software that you could use, (providing you dont have to be a administrator to execute and run the program!! lol)

Maybe have a chat with a professional to see if they know a way to rectify this, it's very doubtful but anythings worth at least one try, right?!

Good luck, and remember, "password reset disks"