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totallytiegs
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      07-20-2008

I own a dell laptop and I am the administrator of the computer.
thought it might be a good idea to also make a guest account for famil
or friends that don't know my password. After I activated the gues
account i logged off to see if the account worked. sure enough, it did
however when i tried to log in again as the administrator i recieve
message that the password is incorrect even though i never changed it
I have already tried safe mode which didn't work. I don't have muc
saved on my computer so if theres any way to help with erasing old dat
that is okey with me

Thank

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Brink
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      07-20-2008

Hi Totallytiegs

You might try Method Four in this tutorial to see if you can log o
with your password afterwards. Even if you did not change it, somethin
may have. If it does not work, then you can do Method Three

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...t-password.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

totallytiegs;781769 Wrote:
> I own a dell laptop and I am the administrator of the computer.
> thought it might be a good idea to also make a guest account for famil
> or friends that don't know my password. After I activated the gues
> account i logged off to see if the account worked. sure enough, it did
> however when i tried to log in again as the administrator i recieve
> message that the password is incorrect even though i never changed it
> I have already tried safe mode which didn't work. I don't have muc
> saved on my computer so if theres any way to help with erasing old dat
> that is okey with me
>
> Thank


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totallytiegs
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      07-20-2008

if none of these work will i be able to send my laptop to anyone to fix
it professionallly?


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totallytiegs
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      07-20-2008

I also tried to find the real built in administor on the guest account
but you need the admin computer to do that too.


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totallytiegs
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      07-20-2008

can the *Password Reset Disk in Vista be made on another computer an
still work on mine??

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oscar
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      07-21-2008
Sorry, Vista has a heavy-handed security system.

There are no workarounds once you lose your password and administrator
control/permission.

These are your options:

1) try the methods Brink offered.
2) use password disc that you made when you created your password, if you
made one. (No, you can’t make a password disc on another computer)
3) use the "hint" that Vista will display when it rejects your password
4) if #1 or #2 or #3 don't work then you'll have to reinstall Vista to
regain administrative control.

Good luck…

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"totallytiegs" wrote:

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> can the *Password Reset Disk in Vista be made on another computer and
> still work on mine??*
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Brink
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      07-21-2008

If you mean the password reset disk from Method Three in the tutorial
above, then yes it will work on your computer when made on another
computer.


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oscar
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      07-21-2008
Right, Brink, I was talking about the Vista password method. Sorry about the
confusion.
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"Brink" wrote:

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> If you mean the password reset disk from Method Three in the tutorial
> above, then yes it will work on your computer when made on another
> computer.
>
>
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> Brink
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> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> '*VISTA FORUMS*' > *Please post feedback to help others.*
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Brink
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      07-21-2008

No problem Oscar

I just hope it helps you with it

Shaw

oscar;782431 Wrote:
> Right, Brink, I was talking about the Vista password method. Sorry abou
> th
> confusion
> -
> oscar :
>
> ....Right click is your best friend..
>
>
> "Brink" wrote
> > > >

> >
> > > If you mean the password reset disk from Method Three in the tutoria
> > > above, then yes it will work on your computer when made on anothe
> > > computer

> >
> >
> > > -
> > > Brin

> >
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not as
> > > them.
> > > '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com
> > > *Please post feedback to help others.
> > > >


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