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I was given a Dell Inspirion 7500 by my son in law, loaded with XP Pro. I am
retired, diabled and trying to write as a new avocation. I have changed
passwords, as requested by the system, but forgot the last new password as I
have been ill and away from my system. Cannot now find right 4 number
combination to re-enter XP. Tried fix for XP Pro (CTRL-ALT-DEL) as found on
this site. Also tried XP Home fix. Neither one worked. MUST get into my
system as I have important work on it, and deadlines to meet. Appreciate any
help with this. Am reduced to using "clunker" PC for email access, but my
main work is on that Dell.
 
dickcabrera said:
I was given a Dell Inspirion 7500 by my son in law, loaded with XP
Pro. I am
retired, diabled and trying to write as a new avocation. I have
changed passwords, as requested by the system, but forgot the last new
password as I
have been ill and away from my system. Cannot now find right 4 number
combination to re-enter XP. Tried fix for XP Pro (CTRL-ALT-DEL) as
found on
this site. Also tried XP Home fix. Neither one worked. MUST get
into my
system as I have important work on it, and deadlines to meet.
Appreciate any
help with this. Am reduced to using "clunker" PC for email access,
but my main work is on that Dell.
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I don't know what "tried XP Home fix" means. However, since you have Pro
simply boot the system with NTpasswd and change the Administrator
password to a blank. Then log into that account, go to the User
Accounts applet, and set passwords that you'll remember as desired. The
NTpasswd procedure takes only a few minutes.

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

Malke
 
I am a computer dinosaur. Do not have NT password. Have no paperwork on
system as it was a gift and not originally owned by me. XP Home means Home
Edition. But I do have XP Pro and wonder if the fix you mention can be
accessed by CTRRL-ALT-DEL. Tried that, got to Administrator and it wanted
THAT password.
 
Contact "son in law" and ask him for the correct password...

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I was given a Dell Inspirion 7500 by my son in law, loaded with XP Pro. I am
| retired, diabled and trying to write as a new avocation. I have changed
| passwords, as requested by the system, but forgot the last new password as I
| have been ill and away from my system. Cannot now find right 4 number
| combination to re-enter XP. Tried fix for XP Pro (CTRL-ALT-DEL) as found on
| this site. Also tried XP Home fix. Neither one worked. MUST get into my
| system as I have important work on it, and deadlines to meet. Appreciate any
| help with this. Am reduced to using "clunker" PC for email access, but my
| main work is on that Dell.
 
dickcabrera said:
I am a computer dinosaur. Do not have NT password. Have no paperwork
on
system as it was a gift and not originally owned by me. XP Home means
Home
Edition. But I do have XP Pro and wonder if the fix you mention can
be
accessed by CTRRL-ALT-DEL. Tried that, got to Administrator and it
wanted THAT password.
Click to expand...

Then do as Carey Frisch suggested and contact your son-in-law for the
correct password OR take the machine to a professional computer repair
person (not your local version of BigStoreUSA). The professional will
be able to access your computer in less than 5 minutes. However, s/he
may ask for proof of ownership. I know I do. You may get lucky and s/he
won't. Otherwise, learn to use NTpasswd. It is a third-party utility
and Ctrl-Alt-Del will not help you here.

Malke
 
Look for a program called

Password Recover austrumi-0.9.2.iso

It's available on the internet free, but it is a BIG download (about 50 meg)

Put it on a CD, and put the cd in the drive, restart, and voila ! if it
works - all the passwords......

Rob
 
You may be able to login as Administrator, using a blank password.

If that doesn't work, try booting to Safe Mode and logging in as Administrator
with a blank password.

If either scenario works, you can then change your user password by
right-clicking My Computer, selecting Manage, then under System Tools (in the
left pane), open Local Users and Groups, highlight Users in the left pane, in the
right pane right-click on your own username (not on the Administrator name), and
select Set Password. Change your password and reboot and login as yourself in
Normal Mode.

Or you could call your son-in-law and see if he remembers the Administrator
password.
 
That would be why malke put the link in. So you would be able to get the
program.

--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who do understand binary
and those who don't.
 
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