Re: Locked myself out

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Logon as an administrator or to the built-in Administrator account and reset your password.

How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password or if your password expires
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894902

If you have set a password on the Administrator account and have also forgotten that one then use a password reset utility on the administrator account, search the internet for "nordahl Offline NT Password & Registry Editor". Be warned that if you use third party password reset utilities, and if the account that you reset has encripted files, you will lose access to those files!

John

billie wrote:

When I first purchased my computer and set it up, I set up a password. Well I haven't turned it off since that time until a couple of days ago. Now I have locked myself out and I don't know the password I created. Is there someway to reset back to the original settings to log into the computer?

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