*This post is for bypassing the Windows login screen so it doesn’t ask you for a password every time you log in. This is NOT for forgotten passwords. If you forgot your login password check out these free programs Ophcrack or Offline NT Password & Registry Editer.
The login password screen is there for security reasons, it keeps different users separate on the same computer. If you aren’t too worried about other people seeing your desktop and files or if you are the only person using the computer than you might want to bypass the logon password screen. Here’s how:
1) Go to Start, then Select the “Control Panel”
2) Select the “User Accounts and Family Safety”
3) Select the “User Accounts” option
4) The top portion “Make changes to your user account”, select “Remove your Password”
5) Now you will need to enter your current password
6) Select “Remove Password” to confirm
7) You can now close the User Accounts window
Now go test it out
You have now bypassed logon password on Windows Vista. You will no longer need to enter a password, Windows will boot straight to the desktop.
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how do you get to that if you cannot get onto the main desktop
Hey Joe, I will assume that you forgot your admin password and cant get back on the desktop. If that is the case try this http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ this free program can crack Windows passwords and it says it works on Vista.
thats possible, i do it many times on my mate’s laptop to get some assignments. if u have another pc or can borrow from some friend then this is perfect way.well , first of all u need is a password reseting application. Anyways after installing it. press start go to all programs, locate the program here ,its called active password reseter . then if u want to make a bootable cd press that option otherwise u can also use a usb, but i recommend CD, burn the cd.
after that put the cd in the computer u wanna break password for. make sure that u have checked cd drive as the first boot device. if not , goto BIOS and change it.
the cd will boot, then select the first option , “boot from active pass… cd” , press “0″ to select the option. now it will ask the location of the drive u want to search, go for the second option.
after that , it will take some time to load SAM file on the computer . when done. press enter . now u will have three options ,: administrator, guest and normal username.
now comes the main part
1 if u are trying to break into UR OWN computer , select ur username and reset the password by following the prompts. if u have some skill , u can play around with the options, go for it. though i would suggest u to just let the software do what ever it wishes to. now exit the application. restart ur computer, sometimes u have to press the main switch to restart it, dont forget to take the cd out . tada , ur password is erased.
2 IF U ARE LIKE ME ,AND WANT TO BREAK INTO SOMEONE ELSE COMPUTER AND DONT WANT TO LEAVE ANY TRACE OF UR ACTIVITY DO this:
instead of selecting username, select administrator. and follow the prompts. restart the machine. logon by pressing the administrator profile on welcome screen, now it will take like 5 minutes for the computer to customize ur profile, dont worry let it take its time, after its done, ur free to play with what ever u wanted to . delete his data , do whatever, copy assignments (my personal favorite).when ur done, shut down the system, restart with the bootable cd again. again follow the same steps and select the administrator , now check the box in front of”disable this account” and ur done , press “y” and exit the application. take the cd out.now just to make sure that u have deleted the admin account. restart and goto welcome screen. now u will only find ur friends password demanding account sitting in the centre. hoooraaay. keep this cd away from all morons. and dont start telling to all and sundry. now turn off the computer , give urself a pat on the back thinking how evil u are.
cheers
romy jatt
this is only for educational purposes, i do not endorse any kind of hacking.
Thank-you this worked great.
Holy S**T, that works flawlessly on Vista 64bit.
This Does work Excellent! Flawless! Very nice program. I ran it for viruses and none were found. Thank you sooo much for your help with this issue. God Bless!!
I forgot to write that I used it for Vista. Worked like a charm.
Hello. Good for someone who want to REMOVE his password. In fact, your guide is for REMOVE password and not for Bypass. Bypass mean, the password still work for other cases (lock monitor etc.) but windows not ask you to input it at logon. Do you know how to do this?
Well if you are trying to set it up to keep it as something that will always just bypass the entering PW step but will still require you to have a PW for say locking windows, then it is simple really, all you have to do is
Press windows key+R
this brings up the run command box
type control userpasswords2
exactly like that
simply uncheck the box saying users must enter a password to log into windows.
it will ask for you to choose an account to login with, then it will ask you to type your password twice, then click apply and click ok.
Reboot and check it out.
i have vista and there is an administrator account and a user account, i need to crack the admin password with my user account but i cant run anything as administrator, i need the administrator password. Can anyone help me,please please please?
The program that I recommend is the Windows Password Key 6.0, it is very easy to create a
recovery disk that you can use on any Windows PC. It works perfectly to reset any local user
account to a blank password. Just an easy to use bootable CD/DVD . It can also be used on a USB
Flash Drive. http://www.lostwindowspassword.com/
i have tried every thing, nothin works
Some of you guys are so bright they should call you sunny. People are asking for assistance to bypass a windows logon password and you are telling them to download some software program that will allow them to do just that.
My question is; how are you going to download or install anything if you can’t access windows? Maybe you have a program for this.
how am i supposed to take it off if i need a password to take it off. after i click remove authorization password i need a password to do that.
I have locked out of my computer for a while,and have tried everything i could do but failed.Until I found this great tool Windows Password Key as recommend above.It works great,Such a marvellous and useful tool
i like to use this one:
http://password-genius.com/
How do I bypass Data Armor password? Any sugestions out there?
what if you don’t know what the password is and can’t get past the logon screen?