Re: Managning Administrator Account/Password on XP

Nightowl,

It looks obvious, from the message, but can you please confirm that the
below only applies to Windows XP Pro.

Thank you.

Jean-Pierre


1] Boot normally but hold down Shift as Windows loads. This should
override the automatic login and bring you to the Welcome screen. Press
Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and you should see a login box pop up. Type
Administrator in the username field and its password (if it has one) or
leave blank if it doesn't.

[2] Boot into Safe Mode, again holding down Shift to override the auto
login. On the Welcome screen the Administrator account will be shown as
a choice.

Hope this helps :-) Let us know how it goes.


"Nightowl" wrote:

Smirnoff <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Thu, 14 Aug 2008:

XP Pro
I have my comp set to automatically log me in. However, I am interested
in knowing how to log in to the Admin account should I need it.


Hi Smirnoff

Either of these should work:

[1] Boot normally but hold down Shift as Windows loads. This should
override the automatic login and bring you to the Welcome screen. Press
Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and you should see a login box pop up. Type
Administrator in the username field and its password (if it has one) or
leave blank if it doesn't.

[2] Boot into Safe Mode, again holding down Shift to override the auto
login. On the Welcome screen the Administrator account will be shown as
a choice.

Hope this helps :-) Let us know how it goes.

--
Nightowl

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