Windows security help needed

[Dee]

apparently i set up a named admin user on my bro's computer to which he can't get access to because i've forgotten the passord (d'oh)

is there anyway around this? you know when you start up windows first and it gives you the access rights - named admin user and guest accounts...

 

can you get around this by a windows OS reinstall or what? or some nifty control panel/DOS input process?

 

Cheers..

[Guest ivabigun]

What does he need to access? Files?

[Dee]

i dunno -the control settings maybe...it's his computer..he loaned to me..i personalised it and forgot the passwords etc..he wants it back..d'oh...

he doesn't mind a wiping off the whole machine etc

[Kahnee]

Hit it with a hammer and then re-install Windows

[Owen1978]

First of all

 

When you start the pc.

 

Does it ask you to provide a username & password to log on with?

or does it go straight into windows

[Nathan Explosion]

A re-install over the top of the current install will not fix it.

A full re-install from scratch will (surprise surprise) so if he says do it, then do it.

[Buzz]

If its XP it automatically creates an Admin account with a blank password, have you tried a blank password?.

 

A re-install over the top of the current install will not fix it.

A full re-install from scratch will (surprise surprise) so if he says do it, then do it.

 

No but an upgarde rather than a reinstall, may well do the trick.

[Owen1978]

Here you go!

 

http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009...icle.asp?ID=305

[Nathan Explosion]

No but an upgarde rather than a reinstall, may well do the trick.

 

No, it won't.

[Owen1978]

Ok cut it out you two, sort this out like men! mono v mono, geek v geek

 

Select ur weapon of choice

 

Samsung SP180 120Gb Hard disk

 

Sony 1.44" Floppy drive

Edited February 22, 2006 by Owen1978

[Buzz]

No, it won't.

 

After a particular problem at home I had to do an XP repair, not a restore point, after which nobody could access their data areas or profiles. It was suggested to me that I did an upgrade rather than a repair, or, rebuild fom scratch. The Upgrade worked.

[Nathan Explosion]

You got lucky, in that case.

[Buzz]

Ok cut it out you two, sort this out like men! mono v mono, geek v geek

 

Select ur weapon of choice

 

Samsung SP180 120Gb Hard disk

 

Sony 1.44" Floppy drive

 

I hate I.T. its just a job I fell in. Thing is when working with Microsoft, you can never tell what random s*** will happen or what random s*** will fix it.

 

You got lucky, in that case.

Yeah possibly, but if all else fails and you don't want to have to rebuild, or you may lose something important if you do, it may be worth a try.

[charlie clown]

Hit it with a hammer

 

 

the PC or the sister who forgets passwords?

[Kahnee]

the PC or the sister who forgets passwords?

 

Try one first, and if that doesn't work try the other. Don't think the order is important

[Buzz]

Try one first, and if that doesn't work try the other. Don't think the order is important

 

Then turn it off and back on again. Always works.

Ctrl - Alt - Dee

[Kahnee]

Then turn it off and back on again. Always works.

Ctrl - Alt - Dee

 

[Andy @ Allerton]

I would format the harddrive and install windows from Scratch

[Owen1978]

I would format the harddrive and install windows from Scratch

 

Why bother with windows, install MS-DOS 3.1!