Help! I went to add a password to my login. I thought I hadn't used one
previously (I do not log in currently), but the User Accounts will not let
me change the password until I type in the current password. I do not use a
password to login. Is there anyway to find out what the system is thinking
my password is?
Thanks.
If you have administrative privileges you can change the passwork
without knowing the old one. Log on with an administrator account and
use the User Accounts tools in the Control Panel or at the command
prompt you can use the NET USER command with the following syntax:
net user YourUserName Newpassword
If there are spaces in your user name you have to use quotation marks:
net user "Your User Name" NewPassword
John
LMO wrote:
> Help! I went to add a password to my login. I thought I hadn't used one
> previously (I do not log in currently), but the User Accounts will not let
> me change the password until I type in the current password. I do not use a
> password to login. Is there anyway to find out what the system is thinking
> my password is?
> Thanks.
>
>
>Help! I went to add a password to my login. I thought I hadn't used one
>previously (I do not log in currently), but the User Accounts will not let
>me change the password until I type in the current password. I do not use a
>password to login. Is there anyway to find out what the system is thinking
>my password is?
>Thanks.
When I log on as the administrator (there is only one account on the
computer), and am in User Accounts, it asks me for the old password and
will not let me remove or change the password without it. I don't remember
it! Is there any way to find it?
"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:uJDxnVmEIHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> If you have administrative privileges you can change the passwork without
> knowing the old one. Log on with an administrator account and use the
> User Accounts tools in the Control Panel or at the command prompt you can
> use the NET USER command with the following syntax:
>
> net user YourUserName Newpassword
>
> If there are spaces in your user name you have to use quotation marks:
>
> net user "Your User Name" NewPassword
>
> John
>
> LMO wrote:
>
>> Help! I went to add a password to my login. I thought I hadn't used one
>> previously (I do not log in currently), but the User Accounts will not
>> let me change the password until I type in the current password. I do not
>> use a password to login. Is there anyway to find out what the system is
>> thinking my password is?
>> Thanks.
Did you try it with the net user command? Other than using brute force
password cracking utilities there is no way of retrieving the password.
Depending on the length and complexity of the password it could
literally take years to crack a password with a desktop computer! It
would take Big Blue to crack a complex password! There are password
reset utilities, these reset utilities do not need to know the old
password, they just give the account a new password. If you really
cannot change the password then create a new account, in any case it is
a bad idea to run with the built-in Administrator account, you really
should run under a different account. If you really want to, or need to
reset the password you can use this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
John
LMO wrote:
> When I log on as the administrator (there is only one account on the
> computer), and am in User Accounts, it asks me for the old password and
> will not let me remove or change the password without it. I don't remember
> it! Is there any way to find it?
>
> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:uJDxnVmEIHA.936@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>>If you have administrative privileges you can change the passwork without
>>knowing the old one. Log on with an administrator account and use the
>>User Accounts tools in the Control Panel or at the command prompt you can
>>use the NET USER command with the following syntax:
>>
>>net user YourUserName Newpassword
>>
>>If there are spaces in your user name you have to use quotation marks:
>>
>>net user "Your User Name" NewPassword
>>
>>John
>>
>>LMO wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Help! I went to add a password to my login. I thought I hadn't used one
>>>previously (I do not log in currently), but the User Accounts will not
>>>let me change the password until I type in the current password. I do not
>>>use a password to login. Is there anyway to find out what the system is
>>>thinking my password is?
>>>Thanks.
>
>
>
"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:OKhqd4sEIHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Did you try it with the net user command? Other than using brute force
> password cracking utilities there is no way of retrieving the password.
> Depending on the length and complexity of the password it could literally
> take years to crack a password with a desktop computer! It would take Big
> Blue to crack a complex password! There are password reset utilities,
> these reset utilities do not need to know the old password, they just give
> the account a new password. If you really cannot change the password then
> create a new account, in any case it is a bad idea to run with the
> built-in Administrator account, you really should run under a different
> account. If you really want to, or need to reset the password you can use
> this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
An excelent utility, but only use it clear the password with XP. If you use
it to create a new password, you will find that XP won't let you in. Clear
the pasword and then set a new one in XP itself.
> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:OKhqd4sEIHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
>>Did you try it with the net user command? Other than using brute force
>>password cracking utilities there is no way of retrieving the password.
>>Depending on the length and complexity of the password it could literally
>>take years to crack a password with a desktop computer! It would take Big
>>Blue to crack a complex password! There are password reset utilities,
>>these reset utilities do not need to know the old password, they just give
>>the account a new password. If you really cannot change the password then
>>create a new account, in any case it is a bad idea to run with the
>>built-in Administrator account, you really should run under a different
>>account. If you really want to, or need to reset the password you can use
>>this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>>
>
>
> An excelent utility, but only use it clear the password with XP. If you use
> it to create a new password, you will find that XP won't let you in. Clear
> the pasword and then set a new one in XP itself.
Yes, and if you have encrypted files and use the utility you can kiss
the files good-bye! If the encrypted files were life or death important
you can kiss your "derrière" good bye!
"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:u5SgygKFIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> M.I.5¾ wrote:
>
>> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
>> news:OKhqd4sEIHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Did you try it with the net user command? Other than using brute force
>>>password cracking utilities there is no way of retrieving the password.
>>>Depending on the length and complexity of the password it could literally
>>>take years to crack a password with a desktop computer! It would take
>>>Big Blue to crack a complex password! There are password reset
>>>utilities, these reset utilities do not need to know the old password,
>>>they just give the account a new password. If you really cannot change
>>>the password then create a new account, in any case it is a bad idea to
>>>run with the built-in Administrator account, you really should run under
>>>a different account. If you really want to, or need to reset the
>>>password you can use this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>>>
>>
>>
>> An excelent utility, but only use it clear the password with XP. If you
>> use it to create a new password, you will find that XP won't let you in.
>> Clear the pasword and then set a new one in XP itself.
>
> Yes, and if you have encrypted files and use the utility you can kiss the
> files good-bye! If the encrypted files were life or death important you
> can kiss your "derrière" good bye!
>
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