Reset Password

[JoAnne]

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Hello,
I have not used this laptop in along time and I forgot
my password. How do I reset it? Or how do I clear the pc
so that I can select a new one?

 

[Calvin]

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Hi,

Try:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Off-Line Password Editor by Petter Nordahl-Hagen - allows you to reset the Admin
password if you lose it without having to reinstall the whole OS.

Calvin

 

[JoAnne]

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Hi Calvin
I have already tried that website. For some reason when
I start my system up and I press F8 it only gives me an
option to run Windows in safe mode. It does not give me a
recovery option.


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Try:
>
>http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
>Off-Line Password Editor by Petter Nordahl-Hagen - allows
you to reset the Admin
>password if you lose it without having to reinstall the
whole OS.
>
>Calvin
>
>.
>

 

[Calvin]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc (More info?)

Hi Joanne,

you need to set the PC up to boot from the floppy or CD that the website walks
you through creating. This may require a change to the 'boot order' option in
computer BIOS.

If you are having trouble understanding the process, find some expert help - a
mistake performing this procedure could result in irrepairable damage to the
current Windows installed on the machine.

By the Way - is the machine running Windows NT4 - the fact that you can do an F8
and it offers a 'safe mode' suggests it is not!

Calvin.