Need help with a user password on Windows Vista

[Pitbull]

Hi guys,

Long story short, my friend's wife needs to log into his computer for invoices that needs to be paid. He was in a Bike accident on Friday and in critical condition in ICU. There is no way she can get it from him now and it's rather urgent

She asked me to help but I have no idea what to do in order to retrieve or reset it

 

[Valis]

Boot up in Safe Mode, go to User Accounts and just change it.

Edit: Make sure you're using an Administrator account.

 

[dj_jyno]

You have PM

 

[Pitbull]

Boot up in Safe Mode, go to User Accounts and just change it.

Edit: Make sure you're using an Administrator account.

Will give it a go on the weekend. Going to PTA to help out with all these things gone array now with his accident. He works for himself and now everything is in shables

You have PM

Your a Star, ty mate

 

[ben dover]

Google "Nordahl boot disk"
Works like a charm...

 

[gregmcc]

Failing that get your hands on ERD Commander.

 

[Sl33py]

I use this Boot CD all the time

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

It does not want to work 100% on Windows 7, I had to reset a customer’s password and it could not find the registry, Tried it on my PC no go...
Does anybody know of an easy to use Linux boot cd for win 7?

 

[Tacet]

I think you already got enough advise on this thread. Something posted here should work.

Good luck with the friend - hope he recovers soon.

Off-topic:
If somebody new asked this same question, imagine the responses. Most people who have been cynical (and rightly so!) about why he needed to get onto the PC. Seems like MyBB members feel that they can trust Pitbull enough not to question his motivations. Quite cool how the online community get to "know" each other in this other reality.

 

[hjno72]

try OPHCRACK ophcrack.sourceforge.net
I have used it for windows in the pass, have not tried with windows7

 

[ben dover]

I think you already got enough advise on this thread. Something posted here should work.

Good luck with the friend - hope he recovers soon.

Off-topic:
If somebody new asked this same question, imagine the responses. Most people who have been cynical (and rightly so!) about why he needed to get onto the PC. Seems like MyBB members feel that they can trust Pitbull enough not to question his motivations. Quite cool how the online community get to "know" each other in this other reality.

LOL....

 

[ben dover]

I use this Boot CD all the time

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

It does not want to work 100% on Windows 7, I had to reset a customer’s password and it could not find the registry, Tried it on my PC no go...
Does anybody know of an easy to use Linux boot cd for win 7?

Google "Nordahl boot disk"
Works like a charm...

 

[Stillie]

Hiren Boot Disk has some pretty cool apps to do that... the new one has a password removal tool for win xp - win 7