Windows Vista Log on Password Help!!!

**madmax** · #1 4th Mar 2009, 04:27

Help I recently changed my password on my Vista laptop and now its not recognising it!!! I cant log on!!!! How can I get around this with out wiping out all my files on the machine I have too much too loose on the machine!!!

Help!!!

**Hybr!d** · #2 4th Mar 2009, 04:59

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

**madmax** · #3 4th Mar 2009, 05:16

Thanks for this but how do I do it, sorry a bit of an IT numpty here!!!

**Hybr!d** · #4 4th Mar 2009, 05:18

Download the Live CD, burn it, boot from it and let it do it's stuff.

Tom Billington · #5 4th Mar 2009, 13:03

Isn't there also a built in way to bypass the password. I know there is for XP as I have had to use it before however not sure about Vista

**Hybr!d** · #6 4th Mar 2009, 14:00

Nope, not on Vista

**pete21** · #7 4th Mar 2009, 15:09

the only built in thing for vista is an option to make a cd in case of an event you forget your password..
there is other ways to recover a password but Dave Hybrid recommended is one of the easy options
burn it with magic iso ( magic iso is free to download a google search will bring it up)
burn at a low speed like 10x

**philthomas** · #8 4th Mar 2009, 16:39

This has worked on OS's up to Vista ..... it may work in Vista too, but I cant say I have tried it yet .... might be worth a try ... nothing to lose :

1. Reboot Windows in Safe Mode.
2. Click Start
3. In the Start Search box, type the following command and then click OK: control userpasswords2
4. Click the user account that you forgot the password for, and then click Reset Password.
5. Type a new password in both the New password and the Confirm new password boxes, and then click OK.