locked out of my user account, can only access as guest

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Hi- thank you all so much in advance for your help. i tried to find a
similar question on this board but while some come close mine seems kind of
unique so i hope that is the case and i am not asking a redundant question.
even though this is going to sound like the most idiot thing you ever heard--
but i am really at a loss!
Here is my problem: Every once-in-a-while my computer asks me to change my
password. which is annoying but not enough i suppose where i ever thought to
do anything about it-- so, whenever it asks, i change it with a couple clicks
of the enter key so essentially the password is blank. well yesterday it did
this again but i accidentally hit one or two of the keys around the 'enter'
key which it accepted before i could stop it and of course now i have no clue
what i hit. i have tried combinations of surrounding keys but no luck thus
far. So, i can only get into my computer if i login as 'guest'. the problem
is that i have a whole bunch of really impt documents in my Documents folder
and of course i can no longer access it!! among other things. I am
panicking bc i am in the legal profession and i NEED to be able to get in!!
and perfect timing it's xmas holiday... so, short of taking this computer
into some shop after stores reopen is there ANYTHING i can do on my own?
with sincere thanks again.
 
boot into safe mode using "Administrator" account!
this password is usually blank, also.]

reset or delete password for your normal user account.
 
Dixonian69
i am MUCH obliged-- truly immense thanks. happy holidays, rgds-

Dixonian69 said:
boot into safe mode using "Administrator" account!
this password is usually blank, also.]

reset or delete password for your normal user account.

becks said:
Hi- thank you all so much in advance for your help. i tried to find a
similar question on this board but while some come close mine seems kind of
unique so i hope that is the case and i am not asking a redundant question.
even though this is going to sound like the most idiot thing you ever heard--
but i am really at a loss!
Here is my problem: Every once-in-a-while my computer asks me to change my
password. which is annoying but not enough i suppose where i ever thought to
do anything about it-- so, whenever it asks, i change it with a couple clicks
of the enter key so essentially the password is blank. well yesterday it did
this again but i accidentally hit one or two of the keys around the 'enter'
key which it accepted before i could stop it and of course now i have no clue
what i hit. i have tried combinations of surrounding keys but no luck thus
far. So, i can only get into my computer if i login as 'guest'. the problem
is that i have a whole bunch of really impt documents in my Documents folder
and of course i can no longer access it!! among other things. I am
panicking bc i am in the legal profession and i NEED to be able to get in!!
and perfect timing it's xmas holiday... so, short of taking this computer
into some shop after stores reopen is there ANYTHING i can do on my own?
with sincere thanks again.
 
You're Welcome!!
Happy Holidays to you!!
There is such thing as a creating a password recovery/reset disk which you
can hide away somewhere.

How to create and use a password reset disk for a computer that is not a
domain member in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305478/

becks said:
Dixonian69
i am MUCH obliged-- truly immense thanks. happy holidays, rgds-

Dixonian69 said:
boot into safe mode using "Administrator" account!
this password is usually blank, also.]

reset or delete password for your normal user account.

becks said:
Hi- thank you all so much in advance for your help. i tried to find a
similar question on this board but while some come close mine seems kind of
unique so i hope that is the case and i am not asking a redundant question.
even though this is going to sound like the most idiot thing you ever heard--
but i am really at a loss!
Here is my problem: Every once-in-a-while my computer asks me to change my
password. which is annoying but not enough i suppose where i ever thought to
do anything about it-- so, whenever it asks, i change it with a couple clicks
of the enter key so essentially the password is blank. well yesterday it did
this again but i accidentally hit one or two of the keys around the 'enter'
key which it accepted before i could stop it and of course now i have no clue
what i hit. i have tried combinations of surrounding keys but no luck thus
far. So, i can only get into my computer if i login as 'guest'. the problem
is that i have a whole bunch of really impt documents in my Documents folder
and of course i can no longer access it!! among other things. I am
panicking bc i am in the legal profession and i NEED to be able to get in!!
and perfect timing it's xmas holiday... so, short of taking this computer
into some shop after stores reopen is there ANYTHING i can do on my own?
with sincere thanks again.
 
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