Re: Password gone forever

From: Drew Cooper [MSFT] (dcoop_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/21/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:41:54 -0800

An account with a blank password can't connect over the network, so if the
administrator password is blank nobody is going to be able to remotely hack
the password and "own" the machine.
Not that you shouldn't set an administrator password. Just more information
to consider. 

-- 
Drew Cooper [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Joey Foy" <joey.foy@merseymail.com> wrote in message
news:123601c3df6e$796dc720$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'm the sole user (makes me the administrator), but been
> >in transition for a couple of years.  Set up my computer
> >and I've forgotten my password.  In my move, I've left my
> >xp disc somewhere and cannot reinstall.  Any way to get
> on
> >since I don't remember the admin's password?  HELP,
> PLEASE.
> >.
> >if your using xp home (i know this works i've done it)
> press f8 when booting to logon in safe mode you should see
> your profile and one called admin, unless someone has
> allready changed this, by default is not password protected
> click on this and your be logged on with full admin
> privaliges you can change your password from here or turn
> your password off (recomended) and reboot normally and
> create a password in your profile you might want to
> password protect the admin in safe mode because anyone can
> access this. hope it helps.

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