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Old April 4th, 2012, 09:44 AM
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Default Software to recover or reset Windows Admin password

A family member cannot remember the password for her Windows Vista admin/user account. Anyone know of any safe and reliable software (free would be nice) that allows the user to recover or delete the existing password so they can access their user files, etc.

Thanks for any help.
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Old April 4th, 2012, 09:48 AM
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Default Re: Software to recover or reset Windows Admin password

Take a pick
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolso...ssrecovery.htm
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Old April 4th, 2012, 10:04 AM
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here is one you may want to check out , http://www.top-password.com/reset-windows-password.html or another program here, http://www.password-reset.com/?gclid...FQUGnQodkHYhbw
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Old April 5th, 2012, 09:39 AM
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Trinity Rescue Kit.

http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.ph...g=en&locale=en

Second Choice: PcLogin Now

Both are free.
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Old April 6th, 2012, 07:33 AM
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Active@Password Changer works, but is paid software.
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Old April 6th, 2012, 07:57 AM
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This is what I use at work to recover lost workstation passwords.

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
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Old April 6th, 2012, 03:59 PM
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What whitedragon says.

Another alternative is Ophcrack. With this you can either let it try to brute-force the password or reset it. I've used both of these and they work well.
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