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I have forgotten my admin password and now i can't install my programs on my
computer. I am logged in as a power user not an administrator. Help!!!
 
Mark said:
I have forgotten my admin password and now i can't install my programs on
my computer. I am logged in as a power user not an administrator. Help!!!
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Since you mention "power user", I assume that you have XP Pro since Home
doesn't have that user type.

If you mean that you have forgotten the password for the built-in
Administrator account and not just for another account with administrative
privileges, then you'll need to use third-party password changing tools.

NTpasswd works well on some machines.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Malke
 
Mark said:
I have forgotten my admin password and now i can't install my programs on my
computer. I am logged in as a power user not an administrator. Help!!!
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If you have an XP Home machine you may not need
to use it. In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by
repeatedly tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will
get you to the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse
will not work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
Administrator account. The default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
Windows.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or
have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the
built-in Administrator account's password to a blank.

However, if your wife's friend was so untrustworthy I think I'd back up
the data, wipe the machine and clean-install Windows. Who knows what
else she did? Be sure your machine really belongs to you and not her.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand
 
Demmpa said:
If you have an XP Home machine you may not need
to use it. In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by
repeatedly tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will
get you to the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse
will not work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
Administrator account. The default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
Windows.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or
have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the
built-in Administrator account's password to a blank.

However, if your wife's friend was so untrustworthy I think I'd back up
the data, wipe the machine and clean-install Windows. Who knows what
else she did? Be sure your machine really belongs to you and not her.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand
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My, my this looks familiar. You copied "your" reply from an older, unrelated
post by me, however. If you're going to copy someone's work word-for-word
like this, you should credit them. Since this are *my* words, "credit to
Malke" would work.

Those of us in the tech industry and who help out in these newsgroups know
we stand on the shoulders of many. However, the correct thing to do is to
give proper attribution.

Malke
 
Mark said:
I have forgotten my admin password and now i can't install my programs on my
computer. I am logged in as a power user not an administrator. Help!!!
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How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321305

Failing that, Linux-based password cracking utilities abound on the
Internet, freely available to anyone who can use Google.


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