Reset Passwords With Administrator Account

Having followed these steps, you will then be able to log into the account using the new password. There are a couple of things you must be aware of when resetting the password like this. To protect private and encrypted data from being read by a malicious or unscrupulous user with Administrator privileges, the following information will no longer be available once the password is reset in this manner:

• Any email messages that are encrypted with the user’s public key
• Any saved or remembered Internet passwords or user credentials stored on the computer
• Any files that were encrypted by the user