Re: Passwords

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From: S.Sengupta (ssengupta__at_msn.com)
Date: 04/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:43:28 +0530

Hi,
Restartyour machine in Safe mode by hitting F8 key at boot, logon as
administrator and reset your user account password.
regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

Greg wrote:

> I entered a login password but i forgot it. Can u all help me please i have important work saved.

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