Re: administrator password

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 06/10/04

  • Next message: Jupiter Jones [MVP]: "Re: administrator password" 
    Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:13:29 -0700

    If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
    ctrl-alt-delete
    twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password blank and
    press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden account
    during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed it
    doesn't likely have one either,

    If you have Home, boot into Safe Mode (F8 after the post test and before
    Windows starts. Once Windows starts loading, you've missed it and will have
    to try again). You'll have an option to log on as Administrator. Again,
    the same procedure, you'll be asked to log in to get into safe mode, type
    administrator, leave the password blank and press enter.

    This will get you in. Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select the
    specific user and select change password. Once you've changed the password
    it would be advisable to create a Password Reset Disk by clicking "Prevent a
    Forgotten Password" link in the left pane. Of course, this is only a safe
    guard if your users have limited accounts instead of administrator accounts,
    something you might want to consider to prevent this type of situation in
    the future. 

    -- 
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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"chris" <panda1234@ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
news:1b0dd01c44f1e$4ccea200$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>A co worker has been sacked and changed the administator
> password on widows XP. Other operators only have user
> rights so we cannot access business critical data that has
> been stored in this profile.
> Can anyone tell us how to override the administrator
> password without loosing access to the files saved in that
> profile.
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