Re: Password reset

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"Lem" <lemp40@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Scott Micale wrote:
Ok If I understood you correctly I went to safe mode put in Administrator
as the username and NTpasswd for the password. That still did not let me
in. I then tried logging in as the Limited User and went to control
panel-> User Accounts and it won't allow me to reset the password there.
Is there something I am doing wrong?


"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Scott Micale wrote:

I have a client who is running XP Home Edition and they don't have
User
Switching turned on. They have one user setup as a restricted user.
They
have forgotten the administrator password. I am assuming the Admin
user
name is Administrator. No one would have changed that, but the
password is
unknown. Is there a way to reset that admin password or add another
admin account under this restricted user?

Thanks!
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.

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.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


You misunderstood.

First try using Administrator as the username and not entering any
password at all (that is, leave it blank).

If that doesn't work, download the program "Ntpasswd" from the link Malke
gave. Run that program to reset the password.


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