simple answer is you canno't ,, without losing everything on your pc.How do you remove or change a password on vista and XP without knowing the current password? Please help quickYou cannot do that. If you have forgotten your password you will have to get it resetted from the manufacturer.They do charge for it.How do you remove or change a password on vista and XP without knowing the current password? Please help quickYou don't need to know the current password to change password to a user.
Log in to an administrator account and change the password.
If you mean - you have only account on the computer and the password is not known/changed and you want to reset password, you can try logging in safemode Windows (sometimes a blank password is given to the 'Administrator') and then do your thing.
There are some utilities available on the net that can unlock a user account, search and try.
~How do you remove or change a password on vista and XP without knowing the current password? Please help quickstart up cmd(the dos window go start-%26gt;run-%26gt;cmd)
type in the following
net user (username) (password)
replace the username and the password with the correct things eg
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\Ludjer.MKAY_PPL%26gt;net user ludjer mypassword
The command completed successfully.
C:\Documents and Settings\Ludjer.MKAY_PPL%26gt;How do you remove or change a password on vista and XP without knowing the current password? Please help quickif your trying to get into an account that you have administrative privileges over then watch this video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BkQmpQB19gs
If you dont have admin privs then you cant do it without reformatting the computer. In some cases is ok because the hdd with the all the files on it is either partitioned to have a small section for the operating system and a different section for the files, or is a whole different hdd then that of the operating system so you only lose the programs that you had not the whole hdd's files.How do you remove or change a password on vista and XP without knowing the current password? Please help quickMake sure you are logged in with an account with administrator priviledges:
Click Start %26gt; Run %26gt;Type: control userpasswords2
Click OK
A User control screen will come up - you can use this reset any password without knowing the previous one.
