Plz help i am so frustrated

[sarah]

:newbie:

Hi everyone..my name is sarah and i need some gr8 advice from all you experts

The situation is i cannot log onto vista, its goes to the screen on which you type the password and it says wrong username or password.

I changed the password last night and i am 100% sure of it, i promise no drink was flowing

Please help..any advice will be welcome

[CrowdAds]

[crabby]

ROFL! You have forgotten your password :scared: Have you tried it with Caps lock on/off? Otherwise, if there is another user on the system and they are an administrator, you could get them to save your files and recreate your account. If that's not possible, you could reinstall Vista over Vista which should keep all you files but give you a new user account.

Could you give more details of your situation (ie; only user etc) and then we'll give you detailed instructions to sort you out

Can't believe you forgot your password!

crabby

[sarah]

No i have not forgotton what the password is , it just will not accept.

Ok here goes..i start windows and the sign on screen comes on with avater and my username and then password box..well i type in ------ and it says username and password wrong..i am the only user on pc.

How and what do i press to get off this screen

[crabby]

Hmm... well, ok. Windows doesn't usually 'forget' passwords though. Anyway, you can use a password reset disk if you really want to. Here's a link on how to do it: Windows Vista Help: Create a password reset disk

As I have never used one I don't know if it will work if you make it from another PC :scared:

There is another option here: Password Recovery - Top 4 Free Windows Password Recovery Tools - Password Cracker

It's a list of programs that can recover lost passwords for you, again I have never used them but know that they work. I'd try the first one.

Good luck! And let us know how you get on!

crabby

[jblev]

Have you tried the old password?

[Znod]

Originally Posted by sarah

:newbie:

Hi everyone..my name is sarah and i need some gr8 advice from all you experts

The situation is i cannot log onto vista, its goes to the screen on which you type the password and it says wrong username or password.

I changed the password last night and i am 100% sure of it, i promise no drink was flowing

Please help..any advice will be welcome

The procedure below is said to work, but I have never tried it. And, it may not work with an administrator accournt.

Boot into safe mode.
Click on the Vista orb and type, without quotes "Control Userpasswords2" and hit Enter
On the "User" tab button, untick the "Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer" box.
On the "User" tab click on your user name and then press the "reset password button"
Type in a new password click "Apply, the "Ok," and restart
When you come to the login screen enter your new password to login.

Here is a more mechanistic approach.