Re: An Excellent XP Recovery Guide

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From: roger (sergiorogerdon'tspam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:52:22 -0500

Hi RGC,

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305

Also see this site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm

Good luck

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:41:01 -0700, RGC
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Paul, it is an excellent guide [as a true neophyte (history follows, read for a laugh: who is just input his first newsgroup/chat message since 1982 when I quit work after 8yrs on IBM and Honeywell mainframes --as a COBOL programmer/wkgp team leader) concur it is an excellent guide --if only I remembered my admin pswd (more history, perhapsworth a laugh or a raised brow: installed 17-18 months ago when I reentered the new computer world --my old machine running Wordstar and Lotus)!]
> Remarkably, after so long --luckily without any blue screen problems, should I say MSoft should hire me for that testimonial-- I cannot get past the Admin pswd entry --and the Recovery console will not read my 3.5 disc I created per XP's suggestion that it would help if I ever forgot a password, woops MSoft lost some credibility there. To boot, pun intended, I am so out of it that (though I know what registers were back in mainframe times, I do not understand Bee's 'handy register edit 1/2 down the scroll'
> Bee, or anyone, please point me to where I can obtain the info so that I can recover.
> Apologize to one-and-all if I have inadvertently broken any written or tacit newsgroup rules. In advance, to one-and-all, thank you (and infinitely more thanks, if I get the answer) (v/r RGC)

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