Re: I locked myself out of XP
- From: "Stevie" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 21:04:48 -0400
Yes.. it worked like a charm.
"Lee Shipman" <lshipman01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:sGwhe.19581$rt1.5837@xxxxxxxxxxx
> There's software available to reset the password & allow you access to
your
> computer. It'll obviously require that you have access to the internet to
> download & run it. Enter this into your web browser:
> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/editor.html
>
> You can run the software from a floppy or a CD. There's a fair amount of
> reading to do before you get started, but on a hunch I tried it, accepting
> the default settings, and it worked fine for me (and for another person
who
> actually did what you did!)
>
> Lee
>
> "Stevie" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:a2bd5$42866448$8b370516$23045@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >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
> >
> >
> >
>
>
.
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