Reinstall Vista: Administrator Password?
Mar 23, 2008how can I reinstall vista? I don't know the administrator password and when I put in my vista disc it keeps asking for it
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What Is The Administrator Password?
Mar 19, 2010I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.
But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin
password".
I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a
password to.
Is that the same thing? Does my creating a user account with admin
privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same, or
will the vista admin password still remain blank?
I'm wondering if this is the case, if a hacker tried to break into my system
to grab files, if I never set the administrator/super-admin password, does
that mean there is none, and they just walk right in,
or does it default to the password I have on my user account with admin
privileges?
What Is The Administrator Password? What If I've Never Set It?
Mar 19, 2010I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin password".I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a password to. Does my creating a user account with admin privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same, or will the vista admin password still remain blank?I'm wondering if this is the case, if a hacker tried to break into my system to grab files, if I never set the administrator/super-admin password, does that mean there is none, and they just walk right in, or does it default to the password I have on my user account with admin
privileges?
Running As Administrator Password
May 15, 2010I have had my computer with Windows Vista for a couple of years now, and I keep forgetting to ask about this. Anytime I open or run something that requires Administrative usage in my computer, it prompts me to do so, however does not ask for any password to continue. I have been on other computers with Vista that prompt you to enter your Administrative password when something needs to be run via the Administrator. How do I set up my account to prompt the user for the Administrative password when running something as an Administrator?
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Feb 26, 2008My computer upstairs is stuck,I have 3 users on the computer one used to be an administrator and the others were standard users with parental controls.Well now somone got into the parental controls and changed something to make all the users standard and no administrator.So now they can't do anything and it keeps asking for a administrators password and there is no administrator.
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I don't care about losing everything & starting from scratch as
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