G Guest Mar 1, 2005 #1 I have not used my laptop for awhile and I have forgot the Administrator Password. How do I get passed this security window?
I have not used my laptop for awhile and I have forgot the Administrator Password. How do I get passed this security window?
M Malke Mar 1, 2005 #2 wil said: I have not used my laptop for awhile and I have forgot the Administrator Password. How do I get passed this security window? Click to expand... Is this XP Pro or Home? If Home, start the machine in Safe Mode and you will see the normally hidden Administrator account. Unless you changed that particular account's password, the default is a blank. If you have Pro and/or you did change the Administrator password, try ntpasswd from: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Use this program to reset the Administrator password to a blank. Then you can log in and change it to something else which you will remember. Malke
wil said: I have not used my laptop for awhile and I have forgot the Administrator Password. How do I get passed this security window? Click to expand... Is this XP Pro or Home? If Home, start the machine in Safe Mode and you will see the normally hidden Administrator account. Unless you changed that particular account's password, the default is a blank. If you have Pro and/or you did change the Administrator password, try ntpasswd from: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Use this program to reset the Administrator password to a blank. Then you can log in and change it to something else which you will remember. Malke