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The administrator's account in Vista is inactive by default. In order to be able to use that account you must either activate it while you are logged in to Vista already, or you can use a booting CD with a registry editor on it. I've been able to use the UBCD4Win for that.<br />
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<a href="http://ubcd4win.com" rel="ugc">http://ubcd4win.com</a><br />

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The administrator's account in Vista is inactive by default. In order to be able to use that account you must either activate it while you are logged in to Vista already, or you can use a booting CD with a registry editor on it. I've been able to use the UBCD4Win for that.

http://ubcd4win.com [http://ubcd4win.com]


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Thanks for the assistance. I downloaded the software, burned a bootable disk, and ran the software. It removed the user's password as instructed.
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Thanks for the assistance. I downloaded the software, burned a bootable disk, and ran the software. It removed the user's password as instructed.

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A customer recently was unable to login into her Dell notebook computer with her her user name and password. She reported that she did not change either, but that the password doesn't allow access to the computer desktop. When I tried to enter as the administrator, there was no password set for the administrator and it denies access. Is there a way around this in Vista?
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A customer recently was unable to login into her Dell notebook computer with her her user name and password. She reported that she did not change either, but that the password doesn't allow access to the computer desktop. When I tried to enter as the administrator, there was no password set for the administrator and it denies access. Is there a way around this in Vista?

How to remove Vista startup passwords

Windows Vista is an operating system created by Microsoft as the successor to Windows XP. It was intended for PCs, workstations and laptops, and shares the same code base as its successor, Windows 7. New features included an updated graphical user interface (GUI) and visual style dubbed Aero, a new search component called Windows Search, redesigned networking, audio, print and display subsystems, and new multimedia tools. Vista aimed to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network, using peer-to-peer technology to simplify sharing files and media between computers and devices. Windows Vista included version 3.0 of the .NET Framework, allowing software developers to write applications without traditional Windows APIs.