Re: password forgotten

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe@mvps.org)
Date: 11/17/02 

From: "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:31:53 -0800

I am reminded that not everyone has created an alternate admin account,
so I will reiterate my advice that you always have three accounts on any
XP:

1) Administrator, for emergency use
2) a system administrator, for routine system administration
3) one or more limited accounts for web browsing and email

If you only use one account and forget the password, you must either
find and use a third-party tool to crack the password, or reinstall XP.
I don't think a repair will change the Administrator password. Accounts
can also become corrupted or you may make a mistake and lock the account
out of something important. 

-- 
Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
(Please respond only in the newsgroup)
"Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in
message news:Ogg0ehejCHA.2824@tkmsftngp11...
> Logon to an (alternate) admin account and change the password. You 
> cannot read the current password, but you can change it.
>
>
> "ginni" <ginnif@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:405801c28dbd$dc095650$8df82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA02...
>
> > Cannot access my computer because I cannot remember the
> > password and I did not put in a hint.  Can I override?
>

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