Re: Forgotten User Password

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"Harry Williams" <bitterbrush@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have forgotten my user password for Windows XP user log in. How do I find
it or how do log in from the startup screen. I am the only user on the
laptop.

Note that if this is XP Pro (this does not apply to XP Home), and if you
decided to encrypt files or folders, changing the password from outside the
account will almost certainly prevent you from ever decrypting that data.

There are basically two exceptions, but unfortunately, they seldom apply.
The first exception is where you designated a recovery agent, and the other
is where you backed up the account certificates.

If you didn't use encryption, or if it is XP Home, you can safely change the
password from outside the account.

HTH
-pk



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