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Then I could navigate to find the system restore option.

#Knoppix reset windows password windows

So FINALLY, I figured out that if I went to "Advanced Startup Options" in Windows 8, then went to "Advanced Startup" and clicked on "restart now", it would log me out and reboot me into some sort of startup manager. I couldn't do a system restore (or so I thought) because I needed to get past the UAC.

#Knoppix reset windows password password

I tried Trinity and it did the same thing that Hiren's password reset did. Then I try pressing 1 and then enter, and it asks me the same question again. I press enter, and it just asks me the same question again. I tried the other option in Hiren's Boot CD to reset the password, but I can't get past the first option.

#Knoppix reset windows password how to

But I don't know how to reboot into safe mode in the mini xp version (or if it's possible)! I tried using Hiren's Boot CD, and it begins to boot into Mini XP, but then as the desktop screen for it shows up, a dialogue box pops up stating, "Security Accounts Manager initialization failed because of the following error: The media write protected." And then it tells me to reboot the system into safe mode. So I can't delete the registry key to get me back to where I was! I couldn't edit the registry because I need administrator privileges and I need to get past UAC to do that. Then I logged back in and tried to open something that uses the UAC, and it won't let me select ANY account so that I can put in my password. So I edited the registry to hide the Administrator account from the welcome screen. Then I didn't want the Administrator account to show on the Welcome Screen, but I didn't want to disable it either. I put a password on the Administrator one. I enabled the Administrator account, logged into that and then made my regular account a Standard one. Then I decided to try something different. I used the computer this way for a very, very long time. I edited the registry so that a password is required upon UAC. I have one main account that has administrator privileges.

#Knoppix reset windows password windows 8

LOL I have Windows 8 running, and I accidentally locked myself out of administration privileges like an idiot. Therefore try for example Okay, so the reason why I needed to reset a windows password is because I really got myself into a pickle.

And also forget chntpw it is impossible to use it, if you never worked with Linux and the console tools and without the mouse.īut most Windows users never set a password for the hidden user Administrator (not the first user = admin). The description you've found is very, very old and useless. I've accidentally locked myself out of my computer (long story). please put step by step instructions for a noob. whatever that means! So I've just been fiddling with commands. The other thing I figured out is that my partition is at /dev/sda1. And I can't figure out how to search for programs on Knoppix either. I am supposed to use something called Captive-ntfs, but I can't find it! When I click on the little symbol that is in the place of what the Windows Start Menu would normally be, I go to "Knoppix" and then there is no "Utilities". And now I'm trying to mount drives and stuff.

I managed to extract the chntpw program (but only because I gave up with the command line stuff and uploaded it to cloudconvert in order to convert it that way). I CANNOT figure out how to use Knoppix! can someone help? I am completely new to any Linux based stuff. I've been trying to follow these instructions: /questions/linux-distributions-5/resetting-windows-passwords-with-knoppix-325064/