Umm Help?

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Hiya I have a huge problem...you see My family has a computer with Windows XP. Now my sister thought it would be funny that before she left for university she'd change everyones accounts to limited and leave hers administrer...now its impossible for anyone to change the time setting and or user account settings...and its driving my family up the wall..we dont know what to do in order to make a new account with administrative capabilities...My sister refuses to reveal her password so I'm reaching out here....Can Anyone help me?

Drew

 

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PuppieDrew Opined:

-----Original Message-----
Hiya I have a huge problem...you see My family has a

computer with Windows XP. Now my sister thought it would
be funny that before she left for university she'd change
everyones accounts to limited and leave hers
administrer...now its impossible for anyone to change the
time setting and or user account settings...and its
driving my family up the wall..we dont know what to do in
order to make a new account with administrative
capabilities...My sister refuses to reveal her password
so I'm reaching out here....Can Anyone help me?

Drew
.

If all else fails with your sister, you can try these
sites to try and gain control of your computer:


http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

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

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=265
(Purchase for $70.00)

F Miller Good hunting....

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Try treating this as a lost password as follows:
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.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hiya I have a huge problem...you see My family has a

computer with Windows XP. Now my sister thought it would
be funny that before she left for university she'd change
everyones accounts to limited and leave hers
administrer...now its impossible for anyone to change the
time setting and or user account settings...and its
driving my family up the wall..we dont know what to do in
order to make a new account with administrative
capabilities...My sister refuses to reveal her password
so I'm reaching out here....Can Anyone help me?

Drew
.
Have you tried the obvious? Cuting off the money and

stop doing her laundry. Surely she has pressure points.