Re: need to override myself...

From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:35:38 -0000

Trinity,

Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice quickly.
This brings up the "classic" logon screen - you can then logon using the
Administrator account.
(This is for Windows XP Professional - for Home Edition you need to boot to
safe mode) 

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"Trinity" <punk_angel_02@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:11d6a01c3f64d$3fe542d0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi all, I really hope some1 can help me with this. I'm the
> admin. on my home comp. My little sister messed with it for
> a few hours and took me a few steps back in my password
> login screen. Actually, she put me back 2-3 usernames and
> passwords I had on my login account.I change the username
> and password often.
> The problem is that I can't figure out how to login to my
> account to get to my writings and music.It's an old
> username with a password i forgot months ago.
> How can I override the password screen to get to my admin
> screen to disable the password requirment? I'm the only
> admin on the comp and I am going to try to create a new
> admin asccount at home tonight to see if that'll work.
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I haven't
> been in my comp for a week now and it's driving my nuts.
> Thank You
> -Trinity