Help Vista Password recovery

Joe2314 · Feb 25, 2010

Hello,
Ive been looking threw your website for the past hour or so and reading through all your threads on how to regain control of a computer when you do not have the password.

But i came to the horrible realization that none of those threads hit my extra in ordinary case... Now i have a computer in which i do not have the password it has 1 account "the master account" and here is the kicker is has no disc drive....

so although some of the threads do apply, majority said disc drives and use cd's and such.... im not very computer savy so maybe i could just put that restore disc on the USB and be fine but i was unsure exactly how. so if you could please link or explain to me how i would go about finishing this it would be greatly appreicated thx

-joe

niemiro · Feb 26, 2010

Hi Joe,

I am really busy now, but I will post some instructions as soon as I can. Do not worry, you can put my CD image onto a bootable memory stick and boot that instead. I will explain all soon,

Richard

niemiro · Feb 26, 2010

Hi Joe,

Go to: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ and click “Bootdisk” at the top. Scroll down to about half-way to the download page. Download the latest CD release and extract the zip file.
Install the HP tool included with this post, start it, and select a blank memory stick. Make sure ALL data is backed up, as the memory stick will be wiped. Select FAT and type a Voulume name if you wish. Check create a DOS start up disk, and select the downloaded CD image.

Once you have made your memory stick, boot into it (you may have to change your BIOS settings) and then follow the instructions in the walkthrough provided by the site. I have included a copy of this walkthrough as a Word document. I have also listed a summary of which buttons to press. Follow these instructions exactly. This will work from NT to Windows 7, and so many options do not apply to Vista, and you will do much damage in running them.

Here is the summary (and included at the bottom of the document) :

· Enter
· Select Windows partion using numbers then enter
· Enter
· 1 then enter
· 1 then enter again
· Enter account name then enter
· 1 then enter
· ! then enter
· q then enter
· y then enter
· n then enter

I would recommend following the walkthrough, and only using the summary to check you have not missed a step. I would recommend printing off the walkthrough, though you could have it on another computer screen.

Richard

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