No admin password.

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My lap top was stolen and I have since then been able to get it back.
The only problem now is that the person has changed everything on me.

I cant do anything on my computer with out the password for the admin.
Im not very good with computers but from what I have looked up you need
to be able to get online to download something to reset it all. I
figured out to open the guest account but it wont let me let on the
internet to do that with out the missing password.

so I guess what I want to know is.. Is there any way I can do this with
out going online or buying the disk?

your help is much appreciated.

Thanks.

ps its for vista.. just incase thats a must know.


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> My lap top was stolen and I have since then been able to get it back.
> The only problem now is that the person has changed everything on me.
>
> I cant do anything on my computer with out the password for the admin.
> Im not very good with computers but from what I have looked up you need
> to be able to get online to download something to reset it all. I
> figured out to open the guest account but it wont let me let on the
> internet to do that with out the missing password.
>
> so I guess what I want to know is.. Is there any way I can do this with
> out going online or buying the disk?
>
> your help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ps its for vista.. just incase thats a must know.
>
>
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Hi edit,

Since you are locked out of your computer, you will need to create the
boot DVD/CD in Method Three, in this tutroial below, on another computer
to use on yours to reset the password.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/102005-reset-user-account-password.html

Since it was stolen, I would recommend that you only retrieve any files
that you wanted and format the drive and do a clean install. You never
know what kind of spyware or malware may have been installed on it.

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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