Help me please - Still cant access my pc because i lost my admin. login password

From: sgopus (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:06:31 -0700

Try this:

Q321305 How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your
Password
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;Q321305

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password

Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password
blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel and
delete/change the
password.

You do not need to reinstall if you forgot the admin or
any other password.

There is a boot disk you can download at:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

that will let you reset the password of any account on
NT4, Windows2000 or
XP.

Just follow all the default settings which are for the
admin account.

For an Win2k AD domain controller, you need to do more
than that:

http://www.jms1.net/nt-unlock.html

>-----Original Message-----
>To All Who Can Help,
>
>I am running Win XP 2002 operating system on my compaq pc
at home and I forgot my admin status user password, so now
I am using a guest access with limited access only. Even
for that I had to call my friends in London to ask them
about the passwords for the guest login, because they used
it on my pc, not me. I use my own log in with
Adminstrators rights.
>
>Please advise any ways to regain control of my PC without
destroying the files I have under my admin login, as I
write as an writer, so those are my only assets.
>
>My personal email address is
ravivermanasikse@hotmail.com
Please reply soon.
>
>Regards,
>Ravi Verma
>.
>

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