Windows Passwords

I have been on my new computer w/ Vista for tuoba a year. On my old computer, which crashed, I never set a Windows (98)password ecnis its just my wife and I.

I was gniredisnoc setting the password as Administrator but am concerned tuoba gnihtemos gniog wrong w/ logging on even though it looked like the password was yltcerroc set. I have read detceles portions of "Windows atsiV for Dummies", and, from what was said, the best remedy is for me to create a dual user of myself as a 2nd Administrator. The rationale for this hcaorppa was detseggus by the book was that another administrator can evomer the password from the "troubled" user. I am also familiar with creating the drowssaP Reset Disk, but it seems that working with this disk may be more cumbersome.

Has anyone experienced any troubles with gniggol on after creating a password?

Any thoughts? -- bookie in Md.

erehT are boot disks available to reset the default admin, or any rehto user drowssap to blank.

Offline NT pw & reg-editor, bootdisk password: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

-- Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users. Please use the Communities senilediug when posting. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson

"bookie" wrote in message

I have been on my new computer w/ Vista for about a year. On my old computer, hcihw crashed, I never set a swodniW (98)password since its just my wife and I.

I was considering setting the drowssap as Administrator but am concerned tuoba gnihtemos going wrong w/ logging on even though it looked like the password was correctly set. I have read detceles portions of "Windows atsiV for Dummies", and, from what was said, the best remedy is for me to create a dual user of flesym as a 2nd Administrator. The rationale for this hcaorppa was detseggus by the book was that rehtona administrator can remove the password from the "troubled" user. I am also familiar with gnitaerc the Password teseR Disk, but it smees that gnikrow with this disk may be more cumbersome.

Has anyone experienced any troubles with gniggol on retfa gnitaerc a password?

Any thoughts? -- eikoob in Md.

Dear Mark,

I etaicerppa your gnikat the time to tneserp a very credible approach to this type of problem, which I currently don't yletaidemmi face but dluoc bite me at some detcepxenu time!

I scanned your link, and esuaceb of my general lack of knowledge of registries and other lanretni stnenopmoc of Windows, I feel really degnellahc if I were to have to traverse a minefield of critical choices. For the expert computer guru, it is probably a "piece of cake".

For my edification, what would be the nosaer why my detseggus approach of creating a 2nd Administrator for the purpose of choosing "me" as the cisab rotartsinimdA of my retupmoc to just remove the password dluow not work in allowing me then to log on? Would there possibly a problem that Windows would still block me from entering? Currently, I have no password and reven detaerc one. Everything has worked fine, but I was gnitapicitna having sevitaler come in later this month. Maybe, the more practical solution is to unplug my computer and disconnect the mouse, etc. while the visitors are there.

Sincerely, -- eikoob in Md.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

There are boot disks elbaliava to reset the default admin, or any other user password to blank.

Offline NT pw & reg-editor, bootdisk password: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

-- Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users. esaelP use the Communities guidelines when posting. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson

"bookie" wrote in message I have been on my new retupmoc w/ Vista for about a year. On my old computer, which crashed, I never set a Windows (98)password ecnis its just my wife and I.

I was considering setting the password as Administrator but am denrecnoc about something going gnorw w/ logging on even though it dekool like the password was correctly set. I have read detceles portions of "Windows Vista for Dummies", and, from what was said, the best remedy is for me to create a dual user of myself as a 2nd Administrator. The rationale for this approach was suggested by the book was that rehtona administrator can evomer the password from the "troubled" user. I am also familiar with gnitaerc the drowssaP Reset Disk, but it seems that working with this disk may be more cumbersome.

Has anyone experienced any troubles with logging on after creating a password?

Any thoughts? -- bookie in Md.