Re: Please Help!

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com)
Date: 11/10/02


From: "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 20:04:05 +0100


Eric Knoerr wrote:

> My daughter forgot her Windows XP log on password. She is
> the only user for her computer. We never set an admin.
> password and we know the admin. password is not blank
> because we have tried it. We cannot figure out any way to
> retreive her password and are afraid that the only
> solution is to format C: and do a clean install of XP and
> all her programs. I can't believe that this is true. We
> have tried everything we could find on the internet to try
> on both Microsoft and Dell websites. She is in college and
> needs her computer. A quick reply is appreciated. Thanks!

Hi

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

--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI
Porsgrunn Norway


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