Password Reset
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===Single User Mode=== | ===Single User Mode=== | ||
#Shut down your Mac if it is on. | #Shut down your Mac if it is on. | ||
Revision as of 10:50, 24 September 2014
Catch all page for various forms of password reset.
Contents |
VT Passwords
Official VT passwords article: Change VT Passwords
Windows
Use windows password reset disk: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-password-reset-disk Use NTPasswd Offline: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
Linux
Boot into single user mode and type passwd <user>
Mac OS
Mavericks
- Restart Mac
- Hold Command-R after the chime
- On a windows keyboard, hold Windows-R
- Menu Bar -> Utilities -> Terminal
- type the following and use the wizard to reset the user's password
resetpassword
Single User Mode
- Shut down your Mac if it is on.
- Press the power button to start the computer.
- Immediately press and hold the Command key and one of the following:
- the "s" key for single-user mode. (Command-S)
- the "v" key for verbose mode. (Command-V)
