Im a numpty, forgot password on second user account on laptop

[Micky]

Boy am I frustrated with myself. Ive only gone and forgot the flaming password on my other account I setup on my laptop, which happens to be the Admin

Any idea's if this can be reset?

Im running Vista Business 32Bit, Acer Aspire 5110

Oh, and my OS is in Finnish which aint helping me as Im still learning the language.

Rant over for now lol.

Morning all by the way

[salada2k]

You have PM.

[Micky]

Cheers fella, will check it now.

[Steve_R]

Start it up in safe mode by hitting F8 (usually) when it has just passed the bios screen.

You will then get an option to go into the administrator account that was setup when the computer was first setup. 9 times out of 10 my customers have never passworded their main admin account.

[Micky]

Cheers Steve, I'm going to try something else first, then will let you guys know how I get on later.!

Many thanks

Micky

[jbird123]

if whatever salada2k PMd you or what steve suggested doesn't work let me know (although my method is probably the same as salada2k lol)

[SonySandy]

Of course anyone worth their salt would just say log in as your admin account then change the user account from within windows!

And if you've setup your admin account as your main user you shouldn't be allowed to use a computer! ;) Says a man that deals with halfwit users every day of his life!

[jbird123]

isn't it the admin password hes forgotten? lol

Its so easy to do tho, my brothers got a password on his PC to stop me for some reason so I just changed it from my dads account hehe. Was chatting up some girls for him on msn haha

[SonySandy]

Its not easy to do if you know what your doing.... you never setup your "admin" account as your "working" account, thats asking for trouble.

You configure your primary admin account, and write the password down and store it somewhere safe, like write it on a label on the battery, unless your Gary Glitter you've no reason to keep the admin password "that" safe.

My profession is in IT, and it gets ma goat when folk make silly mistakes.... read the manual for gods sake, it doesn't take long. ;)


Arrrrgggggghhhhhh.............. and breath.... its ok folks, i'm ok now! lol

[Micky]

Originally Posted by SonySandy

Its not easy to do if you know what your doing.... you never setup your "admin" account as your "working" account, thats asking for trouble.

You configure your primary admin account, and write the password down and store it somewhere safe, like write it on a label on the battery, unless your Gary Glitter you've no reason to keep the admin password "that" safe.

Exactly.! The account Im using right now on my laptop is my Primary Admin account. Ive never used the actual Admin account. This laptop is second hand you see, so im guessing the previous owner set it. I managed to change the name of the admin account when i first got the laptop, but don't ever recall using it.

Thanks for all advice, and offer to help. Im about to try what salada2k recommended. I will report back when Im done. Hopefully......