Re: password problem

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:29:32 +0100

Bruce J. Weiers wrote:

>A friend has managed to create a situation in which his WinXP Home
>computer automatically logs on, using a particular username (courtesy of
>some TweakXP program), and for some unknown reason, downgraded this
>username from Administrator status to a Limited Account.
>
>So now, no matter what, the computer always logs onto to the same
>limited account, even in Safe Mode. There is now no apparent way to log
>on with any other username or to switch users.

Hopefully this is where the hidden account called 'Administrator' comes
in. Boot, hitting F8 as BIOS info goes to black to get the Menu and
take Safe Mode. That should then at 'Welcome' include an icon for
'Administrator'; if not hit CTL-ALT-DEL twice to get a logon dialog,
enter the explicit name
Administrator
and assume that password is null, so Enter immediately. From that,
Start - Run and run
control userpasswords2
and you can select any user account and Reset Password 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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