Solved So no password for only account = compleatly boned?

[willro]

Ok, i've been trying to slove this problem for a few months now and this is what i've found.

Qouted for various sources on the internet and re-wrote in my own words "If there is only 1 account on your vista rig, and you loose the password for the account, you have to run out, buy a new installation disc for a few hundred and reinstall"

Is this true?


One night while my grilfriend was sick as heck, she decided to change her password. not really smart cause when she woke up the next morning, she didn't remember anything from that day. so now she has no password. now, if this was XP i'd be able to open it up in safe mode, jump into the administer account and and make the password something simple. but since it's vista, the powers that be decided that it would be best if the administer account was not enabled by default. so i cannot go through in safe mod to change the windows password. i tried the reset password technique, but to do that you need a password reset disc such as a floppy disc,(no port) or flash drive that somehow has the windows install on it. right. i've tryed password cracking softwear. that worked on my home XP, and it got my password, and my brothers. but when i tried the Vista versions on her Piece of C, it came up with no password set.

we're all relitivly poor and cant afford $200 for XP or Vista just to loose all the stuff she had on her computer. please. prove me wrong. tell me how to get passed the password on her computer so that we can get all of our pictures and crap off.

 

[rive0108]

No its not true.

You could boot into the DVD disk and access the advanced recovery utility, click "System Restore", and do a system restore to the date before she changed it. It will then revert back to the old Password (note- any encrypted documents/folders will not be accessable)

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html

Another thing to try (it only works if you do not have SATA drives) for data recovery using MEPIS- then reinstall Vista
http://www.ehow.com/how_4476790_passwords-recover-data-hard-drive.html (use BURNCDCC to burn ISO)

 

[willro]

in the time that it took to get a response i tried to do a system restore and just like always there was no restore date set so i cannot do that. i'ma go have a look at the recover disc tutorial.

the Laptop did not come with an OEM CD's other then audio drivers. so im not entirely sure if the recovery disc is gonna work. im downloading the ISO to a disc right now will post back when it fails or works.

 

[Barman58]

Hello Willro,

Have a look at this tutorial, particularly option three.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/102005-reset-user-account-password.html

 

[rive0108]

in the time that it took to get a response i tried to do a system restore and just like always there was no restore date set so i cannot do that. i'ma go have a look at the recover disc tutorial.

the Laptop did not come with an OEM CD's other then audio drivers. so im not entirely sure if the recovery disc is gonna work. im downloading the ISO to a disc right now will post back when it fails or works.

Do you have a product key for your Vista Install?

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html

 

[willro]

no i do not have a vista Key.


Im trying to do teh boot disc idea sugested above but when i burn the .ISO to a disc the Disc is read as blank but protected. when i set the BIOs on this Acer to boot form disc is just goes to some Yukon PXE thing that i've never heard of before. i've blased through 5 CD's Attempting to get the ISO burnt.

 

[willro]

So my girlfriend just called me from her house, saying she found a CD that had the pictures we needed on it. So that gave me the go ahead to whipe clean and install a copy of XP. thanks for the help adn sorry for waisitng ya time...

 

[rive0108]

Not a problem. Glad it worked out.