RE: Unlock A Computer

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

From: namniar (namniar_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:09:09 -0700

Following is from XP Help and Support Center....

Recovering a user's passwordIf you forget your user account password, check
your password hint. (Your password hint is located on the Welcome screen
beside the password prompt.)

If you have a password reset disk, you can use it to create a new password
for your account. Your personalized computer settings will be retained. For
more information about using the Forgotten Password Wizard to create a
password reset disk, click Related Topics.

If your password hint does not help you remember your password and you did
not create a password reset disk, you will need to have someone with a
computer administrator account create a new password for you. For security
reasons, a computer administrator cannot recover your password if you forget
it; he or she can only create a new one for you.

 Notes

A user with a computer administrator account can create and change
passwords, and create password hints for all users. Users with limited
accounts can only create and change their own passwords, and create their own
password hints.
If a user with a computer administrator account changes the password for
another user, that user will lose all personal certificates, and stored
passwords for Web sites or network resources.

---------------------------------------

I don't know if booting with the install disk will get you anywhere.

You maybe able to access the data on the harddrive by removing it and
installing it as a slave in another computer. Copy the data then return the
hard drive to the original PC, use the install disk to reinstall WinXP (don't
forget the key code) and reformat the drive which erases all data. When
install is complete return drive to PC that has data on it and reconnect as a
slave. Then recopy data back to original drive and reinstall into original
PC.

I maybe out to lunch, but other than your own thoughts you don't have much
else to go on.

r.

"namniar" wrote:

>
> Search XP KB (knowledge base).
>
> I assume you also have the original install disk from your Aunt as well.
>
> r.
>
>
>
>
> "MINDYLEA" wrote:
>
> >
> > My Aunt Just Passed Away And Left Me Her Computer It Is Locked With A
> > Password And Nobody Knows What It Is Can I Get Around This And Still
> > Use The Computer
> >
> >
> > --
> > MINDYLEA
> >

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Unlock A Computer
    ... (Your password hint is located on the Welcome screen ... > If you have a password reset disk, you can use it to create a new password ... > computer administrator account create a new password for you. ... > I don't know if booting with the install disk will get you anywhere. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: XP Password
    ... Recovering a user's password ... If you forget your user account password, check your password hint. ... A user with a computer administrator account can create and change ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: How do you lock you computer?
    ... trying to hack into your computer in various ways (if your BIOS is also ... The steps to perform this task differ depending on the type of user account ... to use as a password hint to help you remember your password. ... A user with a computer administrator account can create and change ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
  • RE: wrong password ...
    ... Recovering a user's password ... If you forget your user account password, ... (Your password hint is located on the ... If you have a password reset disk, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: the log in way i want my xp to be
    ... Open User Accounts in Control Panel. ... A user logs on to the computer by clicking his or her user account name ... You must have a computer administrator account on the computer to add a new ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)