I have Windows XP professional. I tried the advice you gave and it didn't
seem to work. olsonjcrn
What happened when you tried? Crystal Ball(tm) isn't working this morning.
As Shenan said, you must log into the built-in Administrator account and
from there make your changes to the user accounts.
Also as Shenan said, reboot the machine and at the Welcome Screen do
Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic logon box. If you aren't using the
Welcome Screen to begin with, then in the classic logon box simply type
administrator for the user name and whatever password you assigned when you
set up Windows.
If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password and don't
remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in Administrator
account's password to a blank.
Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that
you will remember and make other desired changes. WRITE THE PASSWORDS DOWN
AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE YOU WON'T LOSE THEM.
You might also want to create an additional administrative-level user
account as a backup for when your wife decides to "fool around" again.
Malke
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