today some stupid worm attacked my pc and i lost my admin account + password. The account name was changed to some
pywl$ and some stupid password. So as i was searching for a solution, i found there is a security hole in windows.
Note:
This instructions can be used to recover lost administrator password.
1) Restart the computer with windows cd.
2) Press anykey in second screen to start the installation.
3) In the blue screen, select install windows by pressing enter.
4) In the next screen select the windows installation of which you want to recover the password
5) Press r to start the repair.
6) Setup will copy files and restart, wait till the window of installing windows come.
7) On the left hand side, when it shows "
Installing Devices " immediately press "
SHIFT + F10"
8 ) This will open a command prompt and type "
NUSRMGR.CPL " and press enter
9) The control panel will open and you can choose user accounts to change/remove the password.
10) Close the control panel and command prompt. Then continue with the repair till desktop comes.
Make sure you have the product key with you. Activation wont be necessary. But
if you are using Windows XP SP2, i am sorry to say that it will be changed to SP1 by itself. The theme will be changed back. Rest everything is fine. It seems my Norton started to respond clearly now
