Use iPod For Password Recovery 56
Ever forget you password? Well luckily, we have a quick and easy solution for iPod owners. After completing the following, your iPod will become a password recovery disk, which will allow recovering your system password in case you get locked out. Note: This tutorial is only works for WinXP.
Required Items:
- Windows XP Home/Pro
- iPod Nano or iPod Video
- USB-iPod Connection Cable
Set Up Procedure:
1) Connect your iPod to your machine and verify that it appears as a standard drive in “My Computer”. (ex: “Joe’s iPod (G:)”)
Note: If it doesn’t appear and you have iTunes Installed, make sure “disk use” is enabled.
2) Go To Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Select Your Account -> Related Tasks – > “Prevent a forgotten password”. A Wizard should appear.
3) Select Your iPod’s Drive Name -> Enter Current Password -> Finish
Once complete your iPod should be setup as a password recovery disk. Do not delete the “userkey” file, which you may see when browsing your iPod’s contents. To test your recovery disk do a quick Log Off and try logging in with an incorrect password. Select “use password reset disk”. Then proceed and select your iPod’s drive name. If all goes well it should you will be allowed to create a new password.
Note: Non-iPod users can use the same procedure to save the “userkey” file to a Thumbdrives, CDs, floppy, Memory Sticks, etc.
Links: Microsoft Support – Password Reset Disk
Related: Apple iPod | Windows XP Royale Theme
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this site is cool, specially if your niece accidentally locks your ipod unknowingly! :) it helps alot when you know for a fact that you may not unlock the darn code.
My friend was messing with my nano, and he put a password on it. is there a master reset for it? i do not have XP.
hi my ipod is lock so plz kind me master reset code for ipod neno i gb
my ipod nano says enter code(4digit)on the screen and it will not show up on my laptop when linked through usb
Please i want to reset the enter code of my nano ipod with MA477ZP/A
Hello everyone, I just wanted to clarify something. It seems as though many of you are trying to reset your actual 4-digit iPod passwords. This post was to allow using your iPod as a thumbdrive recovery tool for your Windows XP machine. Not to reset iPod passwords. If you need help reseting iPod Nano passwords please leave a comment in our fourms. http://fourms.skattertech.com
what is my password on my ipod the one with volume limit
sahas right
somebody put a password in my ipod.
So now is lock and I dont know how to unlock it.
MY FRIEND WAS MESSING AROUND IN MY IPOD AND SHE LOCKED IT AND I CANT UN LOCK IT AND I CANT HEAR THE MUSIC EITHER HELP!!
i need help my brother locked me out of my i pod and i need my password need help.Is there a master reset for it??
i forgot my password for the volume control and i dont know how to rest it. can you help me please!!??
ei guyz….i suffered from a dreadful disaster that happened in my life and its being LOCK OUT in my ipod, becase my dumb friend messed the 4 digit code on my volume limit and i cant hear a sound… luckily i fix my ipod miraculously… that’s why i wanna help others too.. if you are lock out in your ipod’s volume limit i will help you,, just email me at lady_serenity808@hotmail.com
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hello,
i have an ipod and a friend messeed with my password and now i have no idea what it is and how to unlock it, what do i do?
@shanna
connect the USB cable to your computer and open up iTunes. In iTunes go to the iPod you just plugged in. There should be a “restore” button under the “check for updates” button. Press restore and it will bring your ipod back it its original condition. Unfortunately doing this will in deed delete all the data and songs off you iPod, so make sure you have another copy of your music on your machine before going through the process I just mentioned. Anyways, I hope that helps.
my ipod apple 60gb. forget password please solution
i just got my ipod for my brithday and i put a pin on it then i forgot my pin
My son locked my I pod and I do not know the password how do I unlock it please tell me because if my husband finfd out he will get so mad.
I was screwing around with my iPod and set some random number as the password. I forgot it. Unfortunately, our old crappy Windows XP caught a virus so I can’t access iTunes. Is there a way to crack open an iPod from the “locked” screen?
By the way, it’s a new iPod Nano (4 GB). Does that change anything?
i forgot my 4 digits what do i do please someone help me
my friend michelle taught me how to put a lck on my i pod nano so i did and now it says it isnt the write code and im so mad now i need to unlock it and it wont work what do i do?
My friend change my password for the volume,can’t change it back! Is there a master password to change it back! Thanks
there’s a password on my ipod but i tried reseting it the way you show us but when i go to my computer and then on to my ipod i just shows contacts,calander and notes and i cant seem to reset my password could you please help me thank you x
Someone put a code on my Ipod Nano and is it possible to recover the password. I do not have XP. Can you please email me at carlyznutz@hotmail.com
to help me out. Thanks
You people are morons. Did you even read the post? It is about allowing your xp password to be recovered not your IPOD. Freaking idiots.
i locked my ipod by accident and i forgot password. please help me unlock because i need to listen to music on my way to Six Flags & cuz it was a present from my mom on my birthday. please help
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okay, on my ipod the screen is locked with the 4 didgit
code and i have no idea what the code is. Is there a way to reset my ipod?
i was just fooling around with my new ipod, and trying to learn how to use it.
i pushed lock ipod and now i cant get out. i really dont want to restore my ipod and erase all data…
oh yeah also i locked the volume.
im so smart, aren’t I? i totally don’t know the password :-(
pls my ipod player was screened lock pls. send me a code to unlock it
heyy i just got my ipod like three weeks ago and the volume is locked because i set a password and forgot it. i even lost my adapter. so can you please help me??
like asap!
i just got an ipod classic for my birthday and i was messing with the volume limt password. and i set a password and now i cant remember it. can you please help me!! and i cant hear my music. and i lost my adapter somewhere so i cant plug it up to itunes. if someone can help me email me at jackaylarox@yahoo.com
PLEASE!!!
my brother put my ipod on loced and i dont no the password
i lost my pin number ipod, can anybody help me ?
I can remember my passcode, how do I reset it?
this is bulllshiiiiiittt white people
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION ON HOW TO RESET THE VOLUME PASSWORD
Do you mean that if i restore the setting to my ipod, the music on my computer will be deleted too?
good
wtf my ipod isn’t responding and i forgot my password because of my dumb brother
hey guyz wit ipod problem try visiting this web page it helps u…www.zolved.com/synapse/view_content/32521/IPOD_Touch_Forgot_Password___Passcode
I give my ipod to my friend and he do some settings and he lock the ipod and i dont know any wau to find the password
This website helped me unlock my Nano. HOPEFULLY, it can help you too!
http://www.ourdigitalmusic.com/how-to-unlock-an-ipod/
hi, just sharing my problem regarding my apple ipodtouch.. while connecting my ipod to pc its just pop-up as “camera” and can’t be open files. how can my ipod pop-up or can be open thru cp? and lastly, i can’t download files from iTunes due to forgotten password? please help me, i love my ipod but it seems useless due to my problems…
That happened to me today I hope this helps
I forgot my password to my new ipod and i need help plz help me i dont know what to do.. e-mail me if u kno anything plz daniella_m13@homtail.com
Thanks, Danielle
i am forgotten my usser passward so you can you show me
thank
I can’t remember my password…….
I gave my ipod model a1236 to a friend, messed up with the password and its locked. Please help
Im sorry, but I lost my password, I forgot it, my husband locked it y mistake, my litle brother, niece, sister, nephew, son or daughter locked it by mistake. All this are bullshite excuses. Can’t you just say the truth and say you stole the dam thing or you got a great deal on a stolen Ipod???
my ipod classic is not connecting to my computer,tells me cannot connect until u enter the pasword and i cannot enter it because there appear an iopd cord sign on the scream of my ipod classic.please o need an urgent help.
My cuzn gave me an ipod, i locked it and doet noe the pin. neither does he. i cant do shit. so wat can i do? if u noe please help mee :)
I have a ipod and got it from a friend , he does not know it so what do i do.
i got a bought a apple from a friend and i was playing with it and did something to the password and now it is locked, i can not get the volume to go . plz help
can u help me i forgot my password for my ipod touch