Re: Help Please Someone!


yvonne wrote:
for some reason my computer started to make me have to log in, i didnt want
to log in because its a family computer and everyone is allowed access to it
all. so i tried to change the settings so i didnt log in anymore and i
changed the computer administrator to another account, in which now has
disappeared and now my owner account is a limited account and it will not let
me do anything it tells me to keep asking my computer administrator when i
dont even know where that went! all i want is to not log in when i turn the
computer on, like i used to. i have windows xp and a hp computer but i dont
know much about computers so if someone can help me as soon as possible with
it that would be very much apprieciated thank you
from yvonne

If your machine is running XP Home then restart and repeatedly tap the
F8 key as the machine starts up, this will get you into Safe Mode. Be
patient eventually you will get to the log in screen, login as
Administrator, DO NOT enter a password just hit enter (The built in
Administrator password is blank by default in XP Home), make the
required changes to the accounts from control panel/Users.

Anotherway is Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There
you will find
zip files that will let you create boot floppy disks or bootable CDs
that will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class
operating system (XP is an NT class operating system).

.

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