RE: Windows XP Home Edition Forgotten Password without a disk

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Hi PG,

You can try logging on using your Administrator password. If I am not
mistaken you do not need to log in safe mode first. Just in case you do not
remember your administrator password it should be just blank by default.
Just in case you have changed it and you forgot about it : you could just put
in you Windows CD and boot from the CD itself.

"PG" wrote:

I forgot my password so I can't change it. I, however can get into my
computer with my old password even though I changed it the first time just
minutes before I changed it again. HELP!!!
.

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