Password expired and was never set before...

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I didn't know that MS XP Prof edition Out-of-Box was set to expire in a
predefined days. Lately I was prompted with a message saying password was
going to expire and unfortunately I ignored the warning and thought that was
just another unknown bug from MS. Now it did expire and I cannot log on
anymore. I have only one default account on this computer. What should I
do?? Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions....

PAUL
 
Password said:
Please see also Article ID : 322962
I didn't know that MS XP Prof edition Out-of-Box was set to expire in
a
predefined days. Lately I was prompted with a message saying password
was going to expire and unfortunately I ignored the warning and
thought that was
just another unknown bug from MS. Now it did expire and I cannot log
on
anymore. I have only one default account on this computer. What
should I
do?? Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions....

PAUL
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It isn't set that way out of the box. Either you set it that way
inadvertently or someone else did. If this is a corporate workstation,
see your IT Dept.

Log into the built-in Administrator account (which will not be visible
on the Welcome Screen after a second account with administrative
privileges is created) and change the password and fix the expiration
option.

Since you have XP Pro, 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. If you don't know the
password or this doesn't work, use NTpasswd to change the built-in
Administrator password to a blank. Then log in, etc.

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

Malke
 
Password said:
Thank you Malke!! Your suggestion did work!! Thanks millions!!
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I'm very happy to hear it and you are most welcome. Thanks for taking
the time to let me know.

Malke
 
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