i forgot my password!

[UnreaK745]

holy crap, dudes, i forgot the password to my computer, and now i can't install CS3 and Photoshop. please, with your wide wisdom, tell me if there is any way to make the situation better! PLEAASE.

[SeaBoundRhino]

Delete syst- Do you know what? It's not worth the ban.

Personally, I have a book with all my passwords written into. No one ever looks at it, so they're all safe.

[nihilii]

ok but just this once

ok so turn your computer off, when the first black screen comes up hit a button.. I think it's F8.

Anyway that's going to bring up some options, choose to boot up in safe mode. Now wait, once you get on you should see a new account called admin. Chances are there is no password on it unless you put one there. So log into admin, go into control panel, and from there you can change you normal accounts password.

you're welcome

[UnreaK745]

At 6/6/09 08:46 AM, SeaBoundRhino wrote: Delete syst- Do you know what? It's not worth the ban.

Personally, I have a book with all my passwords written into. No one ever looks at it, so they're all safe.

yeah... might try that when i recover it! thx.. a bit.

[Foreshadow]

I forgot the password to my old account (Bully129) and so I'm using this one. I had a bunch of stuff on that account too.

[Lamar537]

Well.. I reinstalled windows when that happened to me and it worked, just reset everything afterwards.

[xSleekx]

Just renember it, fool! Or you can just reinstall your OS if you can't figure it out.

[DaveMan-CI]

Depending on what OS you use, you can easily change your password. Start in safe mode and then just go into settings and change it, you don't need to know your old one for this method.

[UnreaK745]

At 6/6/09 09:02 AM, DaveMan-CI wrote: Depending on what OS you use, you can easily change your password. Start in safe mode and then just go into settings and change it, you don't need to know your old one for this method.

ive got an apple computer, so... yeah... that might not work..

[DaveMan-CI]

At 6/6/09 09:04 AM, UnreaK745 wrote:

At 6/6/09 09:02 AM, DaveMan-CI wrote: Depending on what OS you use, you can easily change your password. Start in safe mode and then just go into settings and change it, you don't need to know your old one for this method.

ive got an apple computer, so... yeah... that might not work..

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?
path=Mac/10.5/en/11627.html

got you covered.

mac <3

[nihilii]

At 6/6/09 09:04 AM, UnreaK745 wrote: ive got an apple computer, so... yeah... that might not work..

lol apple

[UnreaK745]

Thanx dude:P seriously, thx... im gonna see what i can do now with that:)

[TRlCKY]

That's why I use the same password for all my profiles and accounts on the internet, I have one password for my desktops and one for all my internet accounts.

[Cybersief]

At 6/6/09 08:44 AM, UnreaK745 wrote: holy crap, dudes, i forgot the password to my computer, and now i can't install CS3 and Photoshop.

You forgot the password to your computer and you're worried about installing a program?

Try this, run your computer in safe mode by hitting F8 I think it is while it starts up. I'm not sure what it is on your computer, try all the F8's until you get to a startup menu. Hit safe mode and at the user selection screen there should be a new "Admin" user account. Access that and remove your password. Unless you put an admin password on the computer.

All of which is if your running on a windows XP.