re: password not working Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 9:38 pm Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) Simplest answer is to ask the last owner for the password. On Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 10:34 am, Louis wrote: >I trust this is consistant...Attempting to reset or blank an admin psswrd on an newly >inherited Vista system, I'm unable to read or otherwise utilize any CD under the >guest user's profile (the only portal available...the admin psswrd in unknown). Whether >this was instituted by the orignal owner (a retired librarian) as a security measure, >I don't know. I'm aware of the many fixes involving an iso image burned to a bootable >disc, etc. But how can I even consider this being unable to read a CD, bootable or >otherwise? Ultimately, I may have to reformat and re-install an os (XP!), but even >this presents a challenge if I'm unable to acess and read from the CD drive. > > > Written in response to: re: password not working (Louis: Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 10:34 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] password not working (Mike: Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 10:32 am) re: password not working (Mike: Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 11:20 am) re: password not working (Charlie Hadden: Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 11:21 am) re: password not working (Mike: Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 11:51 am) re: password not working (Mike: Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 12:02 pm) re: password not working (Charlie Hadden: Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 5:33 am) re: password not working (John Liebson: Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 1:22 pm) re: password not working (Charlie Hadden: Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 5:42 pm) re: password not working (John Liebson: Wed, Aug 5, 2009, 5:55 pm) re: password not working (Charlie Hadden: Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 5:52 am) re: password not working (jbmcmillan: Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 7:37 am) re: password not working (Mike: Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 8:57 am) re: password not working (Louis: Sun, Sep 13, 2009, 10:34 am) re: password not working (Adam Bradley: Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 9:38 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum