Re: Restore Win Xp Admin Pass

From: peter (peter@my.monarch.net)
Date: 08/23/02 

From: "peter" <peter@my.monarch.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:49:12 -0600

Quote:Pick your user account with admin privileges
| Log on, change the Administrator account " Unquote
log on with what?? the password he forgot??
peter
"James Yates IV" <jamesyates03@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OeVRzqtSCHA.1820@tkmsftngp13...
| "Al Morris" <morrissa3707@aol.com> wrote in message
| news:ui$8bisSCHA.1360@tkmsftngp13...
|
| > next time...don't use a password..use auto logon...then you won't forget
| the
| > password...YOU picked...
|
| Using Autologon is not the answer, but creating a password reset disk is.
If
| you have another account with administrator privileges, do this:
|
| Boot into safe mode (Press F8 at startup before you see the WinXP Logo)
| Pick your user account with admin privileges
| Log on, change the Administrator account
| Create a password reset disk!
| Reboot
|
| 

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