Re: I locked myself out of XP
- From: "What's in a Name?" <spamthis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 17:01:17 -0400
Stevie wrote:
> I screwed up.
>
> I'm fairly new at XP and I was messing around in the Computer
> Management/Users section and saw a User with my name in the Name
> column and also saw my name in the Full Name column of the
> Administrator line. In a moment of sheer stupidity, I opened the
> Properties of what I thought was the duplicate (the one with my name
> in the 1st column) and clicked Disabled.
>
> After I logged out I can not log back on. I now seem to be disabled.
> My name is on the list but with a flower as a picture instead of my
> jet plane. :) Now it wants a password... I don't remember telling
> it a password during installation or anytime since. I can get into
> my son and wife's logon (they are Limited Accounts) but can't do
> anything from there. I can't change any accounts or do a system
> restore. I can't do a repair with the CD using a Limited Account.
>
> I've been into safe mode where it gives one logon and it still wants a
> password which I do not know.
>
> Is there a work-around? I know having this Administrator account is
> supposed to keep my kid from installing programs but what do you do
> if the owner is locked out of the house? Am I going to have to do a
> full install of XP? Is it even going to let me? If I could do a
> System Restore from a Limited Account, it would probably be my magic
> bullet.
>
> I am not looking forward to updating XP and installing all those
> programs again. The one I never got aroung to installing was
> Norton's Ghost. Go figger.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Steve
Have you tried any of the suggestions found using google?
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-19,RNWE:en&q=lost+password+XP
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