Re: Lost/Unsaved Password for Administrator Account

From: taurarian (taurarian_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/19/03 

Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 21:56:53 -0700

1.
Windows Home XP
1. As windows is loading up press F8 repeatedly until the
Windows advanced screen comes up.
2. Select safe mode (the version of windows you want to
use click XP wait until it loads the welcome screen.
3. Select Administrator and it will log you on as
administrator without a password (provided a password was
not created in this hidden account during setup).
4. Go to Start - Control Panel - User Accounts.
5. Select your name and click change the password. Then
you should be able to change the password, shut down the
computer and restart in normal mode and use the new
password you just created.

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If you have XP Pro on your computer:-
1. At the log in screen type " ctrl-alt-delete " twice.
2. In the User Account, type Administrator
3. Leave the password blank and press enter. (Most likely
a password wasn't created in this hidden account during
setup).

If you decide to set a password it is recommended that you
create a Password Reset Disk by clicking on "Prevent a
Forgotten Password" link in the left pane. The Wizard will
guide you through.

2.
Now create a new User with Administrator's privileges or
in the alternative, make yourself Administrator providing
that is of course, you were able to get into the computer.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello to all my fellow frustrated computer owners,
>
>This is my second time visiting and posting on this
>board. I knighted myself computer administrator on my
>computer, but I did NOT make an alternate user account
>with any priviledges. Now I cannot do anything of
>importance on the computer. I downloaded an updated
>version of the XP Home Edition, but because I can only
>use the Guest Account, I am not able to INSTALL, OPEN, or
>DELETE any files! I can't REBOOT, CREATE USER, or even
>RETRIEVE MICROWORKS documents! I'm an aspiring writer,
>so I have TONS of documentation that I NEED!!! But right
>now I can't even RUN the SIMS, let alone FINAL DRAFT. So
>this is a damned serious situation! I've READ almost all
>the posts from people with similar senarios, and I've
>carried out all the ADVICE that I've seen; to no avail.
>I really feel for all of you. And if, and whenever I am
>given a solution, I will be more than HAPPY to make it
>available to everyone who needs it. FOR FREE!!!
>.
>

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