Lost Administrator Login Password

From: Fred (fdy13_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:06:05 -0700

I have lost or forgotten the password to sign in as the
administrator. When Windows XP starts a screen comes up
for the administrator to login with their password. I
have forgotten my password.
Some times ago I remember that a friend had this problem
and we went into the registry and deleted the password
and he was then able to get into his PC.
Could someone please tell me how to delete the password
in the registry or some other way to solve this problem.
Thanks for your kind assistance.

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