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    Lost Vista Password

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bananapudding, Jul 22, 2007.

  1. bananapudding

    bananapudding Notebook Consultant

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    If you cannot log on to your system because you forgot your Windows password and you have Vista Home Premium or Home Basic, you cannot recover your password.
    The administrator login on the two versions of windows is not available even booting to safe mode.

    You might be able to use a third-party program to crack it but that would not be officially supported.
     
    bananapudding, Jul 22, 2007
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  2. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    From Windows Vista Home Premium (Help):
     

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    AKAJohnDoe, Jul 22, 2007
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  3. bananapudding

    bananapudding Notebook Consultant

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    You are correct. However you cannot create the password reset disk AFTER you forget your password.
     
    bananapudding, Jul 22, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Nope, that would be too late. Alternately, you could install a version of Vista "higher" than Home Premium and regain the functionality of the administrator account.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Jul 22, 2007
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    Try to download somewhere the HirenBoot CD & load it as the PC start. It has few software to reset or change passwords which I think now compatibile with Vista.
     
    Wyshniukas, Jul 23, 2007
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