Re: Windows XP Logon

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/30/04


Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:17:28 -0400

Hopefully you remember the Administrator password. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen. You'll get the older style logon dialog. Enter Administrator and any passsword that you may have set for that account. If in doubt, try leaving it blank.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"shamanki" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:775b01c47670$3f8b3940$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I loaned a winxp pro machine to a client and upon return 
> I have the logon screen to log on to the local machine. 
> Problem is that I cannot remember any local user account 
> password. Is there a way to get around this? I have tried 
> starting with different startup options but I keep 
> getting back to the log on screen.


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