Changing Administrator Password

From: Ken Clark (krc2542_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/28/03


Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:22:29 -0700


The following works on XP Pro. Something similar will
also work on other Opsys's. I'll also email the answer.

Log on as administrator.
Go to Control Panel - User accounts.
Select change an account.
Select the account you want to change.
Select change password.

Regards,
Ken
>-----Original Message-----
>I need to know how to change my admin password because
my
>friend was being a jerk at a LAN party and hacked it and
>now knows it. So how do I do this?
>.
>



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