Windows Help!! I'm locked out.....kinda!

[Spoken]

I COULD NOT FIND THE APPROPRIATE SECTION FOR THIS...SORRY.

so, through a series of events ive been locked out of my own administrative account on my vista desktop. i do however, have access to another user on the computer but it doesnt have admin capabilitys.

ive tried "net user" commands in cmd but im getting a "system error 5 - access is denied" message because the account im doing the commands off of isnt a administrator.

is there any other way to retrieve my admin account back?

[Periswell]

uninstall windows and get ubuntu.

other then that your screwed. try to work out what the password is thats the only way.

-josh

[Spoken]

i have ubuntu on my laptop lol, but i have vista on my other dell because i need it for a few things that ubuntu just cant provide yet. (hoping soon it can, that way i can ride full time with linux)

[Officer Dibble]

What do you mean by lost? Do you mean you have forgotten your password?

[Spoken]

do to a complex situation. ive been "locked" out of my own administrative account. i have a other account that i still have access to. but it doesnt have admin capabilitys. can i change this through cmd or anything?

[shadyedsan]

just go on google and search for a tool which lets you hack into the password SAM files and follow the instructions....... it worked for XP at least!

[shadyedsan]

just go on google and search for a tool which lets you hack into the password SAM files and follow the instructions....... it worked for XP at least!

cant remember the name of it though, but it's a linux tool (no surprise there!)

[shadyedsan]

cant remember the name of it though, but it's a linux tool (no surprise there!)


maybe vista isnt as easy.....

[Spoken]

yea, vista has more security features up then xp does, mostly in the parental and family area etc.

[dmb]

If its winxp, try booting into safe mode and seeing if the Administrator account exists without a password(lots of times people forget to change the admin password account).

[Triple Omega]

Try this one(just googled it, have no experience with this method): http://www.walkernews.net/2007/04/10/hack-windows-vista-logon-account-password/

Or this one: http://macecil.googlepages.com/hackingvista.htm


Use at your own risk, bla bla bla nothings my fault, etc. etc. you know the drill.

[Periswell]

see this is why linux is so good, harder to hack

[seeker1458]

http://4sysops.com/archives/three-ways-to-reset-a-windows-vista-admin-password/

In a world with doors and fences, who needs windows and gates? Love that!

[upthelum]

I COULD NOT FIND THE APPROPRIATE SECTION FOR THIS...SORRY.

so, through a series of events ive been locked out of my own administrative account on my vista desktop. i do however, have access to another user on the computer but it doesnt have admin capabilitys.

ive tried "net user" commands in cmd but im getting a "system error 5 - access is denied" message because the account im doing the commands off of isnt a administrator.

is there any other way to retrieve my admin account back?

Try logging in with username administrator and no password, this works in xp but i'm not sure about vista. If that fails you could download ophcrack and boot it, this will get your passwords, all of them.

[Officer Dibble]

Whose computer is it? Is it a laptop?

[Spoken]

nope, its vista, and the ctrl alt delete at the login window function doesnt work in vista. so....anything?

[shadyedsan]

to seeker1458, thank you, been my philosophy for a while now!

[Steve1961]

You need the ophcrack live cd. Just boot from it and let it do it's thing for about 10 minutes:

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

[MONODA]

maybe try going into safe mode and seeing what you can do from there?