Re: forgotten administrator password

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 02/15/03


From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 22:26:30 -0700


It will work if Safe Mode Administrator does not have a password.
It is always a good first step.

-- 
Jupiter Jones
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"taurarian" <taurarian@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:002d01c2d4b0$d8bddf90$2f01280a@phx.gbl...
> Try this:
>
> Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password
> blank
>
> I read it on this Newsgroup so I'm not sure if it works
> but it's worth a try.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am the IT co ordinator at my school, one of the
> >teachers went and set up an XP PC as an administrator.
> >Now that teacher has left and is unreachable and no one
> >knows the password. Can anyone help me with this? Is
> >there a way of getting into XP without admin password so
> >I can reset the user accounts? Am desperate!!
> >Jenny
> >.
> >


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