Re: User account password forgotten
- From: "Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:46:45 -0400
"Forggoten User account password" <Forggoten User account
password@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:453F6A9F-8FCF-42C3-A74E-87916A9014A3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I set up a password for my user account, to log in and out of my computer.
I
now dont remeber what I set my password to. The hint I set up doesnt even
help me rember it. I am fearfully of shutting my computer off, because
when i
restart it I will then be locked out of my computer. Is there a way of
resetting this or deleteing the password with out having the current
password? or with out having to lose everything on my pc?
If you are still logged into your account, and you have sufficient rights,
you can change or remove your password without any ill effects.
If you are using XP Home, or are using XP Pro and have not invoked
encryption, you can change or remove your password from the Administrator
account or any other admin-level account ( If you *are* using XP pro *and*
invoked encryption, this can be disastrous). This does not require that
you know the current password.
If the XP Pro / Encryption situation applies to you, you need to back up the
account certificates NOW and/or copy the encrypted files to an unencrypted
folder or remove encryption, before attempting to change the password from
outside the account. It's very easy to permanently lose this data.
In XP Home, the Administrator account is only available via Safe Mode.
Press F8 when booting to get the selector screen for Safe Mode.
Just go to Control Panel, User Accounts.
HTH
-pk
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