Re: HELP, I'M LOCKED OUT

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Sohtyaelehtreklats wrote:
"Using that keyboard, I set the
administrator's password to "John316""



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On Jun 23, 11:04 am, "Bill" <billstan...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
New XP Home computer mistakenly came with
a UK keyboard. Using that keyboard, I set the
administrator's password to "John316" and
used that password several times before
discovering that I had the wrong keyboard.
My hardware supplier UPS'd me an exchange
USA keyboard while at the same time I gave
up the UK keyboard.

Apparently, the two keyboards use a different
code-page, as I can no longer log in as the
administrator, which of course means I'm
"dead in the water" until I can either circumvent
or find a translation.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bill

Boot into Safe Mode (stab F8 key during booting, select "Safe Mode"
from the menu).
Login as Administrator, the password is blank by default, unless you
changed it.
When your system lets you in, go to Control Panel, Users, Select your
user <John> and change the password to something else.
Reboot, and login as John and use your new password.

Good luck.


I believe he is talking about logging in the default (hidden) admin account
that you can access from safe mode.That password is by default blank no
matter if you set a password for the normal login accounts or not. This
admin account is there for emer. use only like Bill's problem.

You can read more on this at the links below.
http://www.ncsu.edu/resnet/windows/passwords/xp_passwords_admin.php
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=xp+hidden+administrators+account
--
Mike Pawlak


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