Admin/User Account Password Recovery.
July 9, 2009
For recovering admin and user account passwords, bit of a ball ache but it works.
Burn iso to disc and set computer to boot from cd at start up, let the program run untill you see welcome to trinity rescue kit version 3.3 in blue writing.
type in winpass and press enter, will come up with a list of windows installations, type 1 and press enter, a list of accounts will show up, for the admin account type in winpass -u Administrator and enter, type in 1 for the windows installation and enter, will come up with 5 options,
1 clear password
2 edit password
3 promote user
4 unlock
5 exit
type in 4 and enter, type in winpass -u Administrator and enter, type in 1 and enter to choose the windows installation, then type in 1 and enter to clear the password, and the password should be disabled when you reboot the computer, do the same for any other accounts winpass -u and the account name winpass -u Guest for example and enter, each account has to be done seperatly and you have to unlock first then clear the password.
if you type in y when asked if you want to backup you can restore, dont disable syskey unless you have to when given an option.
