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    If you're administrator password doesn't work in windows what can we do?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by StagoreK, Aug 28, 2007.

  1. StagoreK

    StagoreK Notebook Consultant

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    I have no idea but after reformatting the thinkpad to factory settings, installing some programs and uninstalling client security solutions I decided to go into XP and enable that I have to enter my password to logon to the computer. The password will not take, I am positive I set it up properly at logon, tried capslock, etc. and it is just not working. Now all this work I did setting it up again is out the window, and I've no idea how to get past the administrator password logon because we don't have an XP disk as per what the microsoft website says (at most I have lenovo recovery disks).

    Is there any way to get past this and then I can reset the password?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    StagoreK, Aug 28, 2007
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  2. MisterT

    MisterT Newbie

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    You can always try the "Offline NT/2K/XP Password changer".

    It always does the trick for me ;)

    You burn it to a cd, restart your laptop with the cd and follow the instructions...

    General site (with all the info how to do it) http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

    Location of cd-image can be found here.
     
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    donedadonedone Notebook Enthusiast

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    donedadonedone, Aug 28, 2007
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    StagoreK Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks to both of you for the replies, its good to know. I manged to get through it finally and save all that installation work I had done for hours. Turns out once you uninstall Client Security Solutions without using it to set up the chip it also hasn't set the password, you only think it did because Windows had asked you for it earlier. So the answer is just hit return when it asks for a password, seems simple enough. Then you can go in and set things. With the bundled software on Thinkvantage sometimes there are some additional steps to get around I'm finding if you uninstall some of it without setting it up first.
     
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    couldn't this be used in a very malicious way? :rolleyes:
    lets say, getting on someones laptop w/o them knowing
     
    paOol, Aug 28, 2007
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    Otter Notebook Consultant

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    The crux is you must have physical access to the machine. IF you can do that, you can avoid passwords on Linux, Windows, BSD, and most likely Apple too.

    If you can't access the case you can't avoid passwords like this. Then you have to become a real hacker!
     
    Otter, Aug 28, 2007
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