Re: xp comp admin forgotten password
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/14/04
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:16:23 -0400
You don't say if you're running XP Pro or Home. You also don't say if this if for an Administrator level user, or the built in Administrator account.
For Pro: At the Welcome screen, with no users logged on, press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice. You'll get the older Win2K style logon. Enter Administrator and any password that you may have set for this account during install. If in doubt, leave the password blank.
For Home: Boot the computer into Safe Mode. The built in Administrator account will appear on the Welcome Screen.
If neither of the above applies: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/editor.html
-- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Ms Kitty" <Ms Kitty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89823F38-1DF1-4051-8825-4C2E9B2AEE72@microsoft.com... > Does anyone know how to bypass or reset a computer adminstrator password? I > forgot mine and don't want to have to restore my computer to fix the problem. > I have some pictures of my kids that I would rather not lose. Can anyone > help? This is for Windows XP v.2002 I can still access the comp from my > kids user accounts, however they are set on limited access. > Thanks
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