Getting by password in Vista

[lancec2c30]

Well, A friend of mine just got someones laptop and they want him to "fix" the password. Whoever was using it setup a password on it and now they forgot what it was.

I have not had any experience with Vista and wouldn't know where to start when getting by the password. Does anyone here have a clue as to what I should do?

Thanks,
Lance

 

[KSoD]

http://www.techist.com/forums/f9/windows-password-reset-disks-tools-etc-57458/

Try some of the tips/tricks provided there. That is the only suggestion i can say. OTher than that i have not heard of any way to recover or remove a passowrd. Maybe in Safe Mode?

 

[Yek]

Search the worlds best friend for logon recovery.
I think Warez Monster has posted something in the past to recover logon passwords in the User Tutorials section, however i am unsure if this supported vista.
I'd also give this a shot, it may work on vista.
Windows XP Login Recovery - Window password recovery within minutes.

 

[lancec2c30]

hmmmm, okay. Well I kind of figured that there weren't many ways around Vista like there is with xp.

 

[NayNay1991x]

Threads Like this.. Actually makes me thing that People Have Robbed Something im Not saying You did just Makes me Curious... :|

 

[TheEnd187]

use hirens boot cd it has many password recovery/removal tools i posted this a while back just search the forums, burn it to a cd-r then boot from cd and use teh password tools

 

[lancec2c30]

Threads Like this.. Actually makes me thing that People Have Robbed Something im Not saying You did just Makes me Curious... :|

Hahaha, I know. But why would I steal a dell? I wouldn't be caught dead with it.

 

[NayNay1991x]

Well You have over 2,000 Posts So i Can trust Loool .. n I Like Dell.. Abit :|

 

[TheEnd187]

Hiren's BootCD 9.0 » Max Thrane's Cyberspace

Boot cd 9.0

as said before just burn it boot to cd when u start up and click on password recovery from menu

 

[lancec2c30]

Okay, I will try to relay this to him. But I live in WA and he is in Alaska, so this could be interesting. Considering his technical skills with a computer are pretty basic.