Password Problems

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Very Frustrated Mother

I have a stepson who's 15, I have XP on my computer at
home and he's put and password on it and refuses to tell
me what it is. He put a guest account on for me(if that
can be of any help). How do I get around his password to
get rid of it?
- Very Frustrated Mother
 
First , try this...
Take away his Computer Privileges, then stop cooking for him, then stop
washing his clothes... Get the idea ? He'll come around :-)
 
If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
ctrl-alt-delete
twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password blank and
press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden account
during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed it
doesn't likely have one either,

If you have Home, boot into Safe Mode (F8 after the post test and before
Windows starts. Once Windows starts loading, you've missed it and will have
to try again). You'll have an option to log on as Administrator. Again,
the same procedure, you'll be asked to log in to get into safe mode, type
administrator, leave the password blank and press enter.

This will get you in. Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select the
specific user and select change password. Once you've changed the password
it would be advisable to create a Password Reset Disk by clicking "Prevent a
Forgotten Password" link in the left pane.

Now, while you are there, create a new account for yourself since you cannot
function or do much in the Guest account, set your account as Administrator,
reset your stepson's account as a limited account. It's up to you whether
or not you wish to password protect his account but make sure you password
protect your account so he can't do this again.
 
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