Hello, if you have forgotten the administrator password, and didn't have the reset disk created, the official statement from Microsoft is you have to reinstall. But there are also lot of free tools available you can use on your OWN risk. http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

Hello, if you have forgotten the administrator password, and didn't have the reset disk created, the official statement from Microsoft is you have to reinstall. But there are also lot of free tools available you can use on your OWN risk. http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

I AM TRYING TO BRING MY COMP BACK TO FACTORY SETTINGS AN i CANT REMEMBER THE PASSWORD i MADE IT ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO AN MY HINT... ITS JUST THE WORD " NO"... i WANT TO START FROM SCRATCH AN IS THERE ANY KIND OF MASTER PASSWORD I CAN USE? PLEASE HELP. WINDOWS VISTA HOME BASIC SERVICE PACK 2 ACER ASPIRE T180 64 PROCESSOR NOT SURE IF U WILL NEED TO KNOW MORE ITS NP THANX

There is no concept of a "master" password. Resetting this password using brute force tools is not supported by Windows. However, if you do some research online, you'll find plenty of Linux based tools that will do just that. If you go that route, you do so at your own risk of damaging the OS. These Linux based tools generally are downloaded as an ISO, you burn the ISO to CD, boot off of the CD. Guides and tutorials, visit ITGeared.com.

Better continue that thread on the vista forum like you did to get more help. (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistasecurity/thread/ba56cab9-5272-4f4d-a478-da4f7a5775e2/#be90ab0e-b0f5-4298-8070-b25588b59ffa) MCP | MCTS 70-236: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring

Hi, "empowering technology" is a term that I've seen used only with Acer products. It sounds like you need some kind of Acer-specific recovery password, to launch the Acer recovery toolset. You may be best to seek assistance on the Acer website, perhaps even contact Acer support directly: http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2631 http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12869 http://www.acer.com/worldwide/support/index.html Don