When entering a new password, I made a mistake and now I can't access the master account on my computer. Is there any way I can get in? It's the administrator's account that's made not to show up unless you press ctrl-alt-delete before you log in that can monitor all of the other accounts on the computer.
2007-01-06 20:45:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
If you are trying to get around your parents, no such luck, just forget everything I say because it won't work.
If not, either you need to log on as the admin to change it or log on to another account that is also an admin to change it. However, if you are referring to altering the master admin password for the admin account visible in Safe Mode, you need to know it, and, it is NOT recommended that you change that password because it can screw up Windows XP's security. Windows should warn you of that itself. If that is what you are doing, I suggest reinstalling Windows and setting a different password then.
2007-01-06 20:58:51 · answer #1 · answered by borghuman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends... if it an account with administrative rights, then you just log on to an account with administrative rights, go to Control Panel, Users, and change the password.
If it's the master admin account (the one that you create when installing Windows) then... well... you're in trouble. The only way to change that password is to reinstall Windows. And no, don't leave it blank - write a simple, easy to remember password - because Windows has a bug there and if you leave it blank it will fill in some characters by itself and you're back where you were.
2007-01-07 00:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by Khali 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can reboot in safe mode and access the Administrator account, this is normally invisible, so most people don't put a password on it, from there you can change other administrator accounts.
2007-01-06 21:09:18 · answer #3 · answered by izanbardprince 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You made the same mistake twice .... even on the password confirmation ?
Well, whatever the true story is ... the answer is no. There is no nutshell solution.
There is hacking software out there that may help you, however, you will need to find that yourself.
regards,
Philip T
2007-01-06 20:58:53 · answer #4 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to control panel.then go to user accounts,change the password and then change the password .
2007-01-06 22:00:12 · answer #5 · answered by presley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋