Re: windows xp locked with forgotten password and no admin account...h


"LynnK123" <LynnK123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, My daughter created a password for her computer and can't remember it.
I
searched and found the instructions for changing it through an admin
account
but there isn't one and there was no reset disk made.
what do I do?
Hope someone can help
thanks

Every Windows installation has an admin account, no exception.
If the person installing Windows for you did not select a
particular password for this admin account then there is
a good chance it would still be blank. Reboot the machine,
press F8 repeatedly during the early boot phase until you
see a selection menu. Now get into Safe Mode, log on as
"administrator" and reset your daughter's password. And
while you're at it - why not create an admin account for
yourself so that you don't have to go into Safe Mode when
the problem next occurs? It's like having a spare master
key for your house!


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