Re: forgot password

Wesler wrote:

I've read a lot about people given tips on how to recover or delete
password. I'm dump. I've tried a lot of things and the more I try...I get
no where. If anyone can help me in deleting my password completele I would
appreciate. I have a Dell latitude D505 laptop..windows xp pro
I set up a password on my log in screen but for some reason the password
is not what I set up. When I set it up it asked me for a hint word which I
remember very clearly. The screen does not give me an option for the hint
password.
I try to log in into my computer and keep on saying my password is wrong.
I never set up an administrator account because my name was the
administrator.
If anyone can give me the steps to delete my password would be nice.
The only way I can see doing that is through DOS. Safe mode does not work
and as a guest I'm limited as everyone knows.
I'm reeally frustrated at this point. Thanks.

If you are talking about your user account password in XP, you can't change
it from DOS. Follow these instructions to change your user account's
password:

If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account with
administrative privileges you can log into that account and change your
original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in Control
Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or don't have the
password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in Administrator account.
In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly tapping
the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the right
menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here. Once
in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account. The
default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen, do
Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows.

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or have
Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in
Administrator account's password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that
you will remember and make other desired changes. WRITE THE PASSWORDS DOWN
AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE YOU WON'T LOSE THEM.


Malke
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
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