Help my cousin fixed my comp and set up an administrator account now i cant do anything!!!!?

Question

how do i kick his *** off and regain control of my computer!!!

p.s my cousin has gone a.w.o.l so of course i cant ask him
i am using windows xp

Answer 1

Windows Lost Password tips.
http://www.hsinlin.com/tips/lost_password.html

Lost User Passwords. (Windows XP)

If you have lost or forgotten a user account password in Win XP, simply log in as the computer administrator, and go to control panel, user accounts. Here you will be able to reset the password for any of the systems user accounts.

Lost Administrator Password. (Windows XP)

Slightly more work needed if you lose or forget the Windows XP administrator password.

First reboot Windows XP in safe mode by re-starting the computer and pressing F8 repeated as the computer starts up. Then (in safe mode) click Start and then click Run. In the open box type "control userpasswords2" without the quotes - I have just used quotes to differentiate what you have to type.

You will now have access to all the user accounts, including the administrators account and will be able to reset the lost password.

Just click the administrators user account, and then click Reset Password.

You will need to add a new password in the New password and the Confirm new password boxes, and confirm by clicking OK.

All done, you have recovered the lost adminitrators password!


How to Reset Forgotten Windows XP Passwords
http://www.goitexpert.com/entry.cfm?entry=How-to-Reset-Forgotten-Windows-XP-Passwords

Active Password Recovery Software
http://www.download.com/Active-Password-Changer/3000-2092_4-10618486.html?tag=tab_pub

Login Recovery
http://www.loginrecovery.com/
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To keep you cousin off.

Add a bios password
http://www.protectiveparenting.com/web/html/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=10
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2204p103id114727.htm

Lockdown PC
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2204p103id114727.htm

Windows XP passwords:
All accounts must have passwords. Each person must have a separate username and password to sign on the computer. You must have an “Administrative” account. Everyone else should have “Restricted Access” accounts.
Do not enable automatic logon.
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-350.html
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/accounts.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/switchusers.mspx

Turn off the guest account
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/soleuser.mspx

Protect your computer from access when you are temporarily away from your computer by using a screen saver password
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_assign_screensaver_password.mspx?mfr=true

How to make files and folders private in Windows XP so that only you have access to them
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930987

Answer 2

Try restarting the computer. On the start-up screen where you type in your password there should be a help menu highlighting a hint just for an instance like this. I hope you had completed the alternate questions when selecting your password.

Answer 3

I hope you have learned a lesson, You will only learn from your own mistakes not from your cousin's I hope he/she has not done any damage to your PC. You will get it sorted out from Answer Ray_8128 and from then on remember you are the administrator allow others using your PC in as limited guests only and password protect your PC.

Answer 4

well i dont think you can do antything becuase hes got a password and all on it but the most extreme way to get rid of it is to completely wipe your computer. when the computer is starting up youll see that if you press f10 or somthing it tells you what to press it will bring up a list of options, from there you should be able to wipe it. But i wouldnt if i were you, i would pin your cousin down n tell him to tell you the password.

Answer 5

You will need to login as your cousin or another administrator and then you can change your account to administrator too in Control Panel > User accounts

Answer 6

to change administrator goto that part of your pro i dont know witch sys you have \xp win me \if they used a password when they seyup abm you cant change it with out password if they didnt use password when adm comes up push on change account then put your code name and password in if you dont know password push add account that will let you put in an alluser account that will let you use that comp if that dosent work delete hard drive put sys back in then put you as adm

Answer 7

Which Version of windows u r using ?

Answer 8

Ask your cousin, the easy way

Answer 9

u can delete ur password by using an bootable floopy

u boot ur system by bootable floppy and it will go to dos prompt just u have to do is go to
c:\windows\system32\config\del SAM*.

As it deletes u can boot ur system

Answer 10

Well i think you can take a chance go to this site hope this will help you..