upgrade from Widows 2000 professional to windows XP professional

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Dave

I created a new account without authorizing any important rights such as
power user or administrator rights and set the computer to turn on
automatically without prompt any authentication. The problem is that I do not
remember the administrator password. Now, I am really in trouble. I can not
access any important programs and files that I need it for my job badly. I
tried to upgrade the computer's OS from Widows 2000 professional to windows
XP professional. However, I was not allowed to backup my files using the
CD-RW device since I do not have sufficient rights. I plan to take the
risk--- Go ahead and upgrade the computer without backing up the files. My
question is that after I upgrage my computer to Windows XP professional, do I
need the existing administror password to create new administrator accounts
or any other accounts? I do not remember the existing administrator password.
Do you have any solutions other than upgrade the OS? Thanks


Citizen of Mars
 
smartypants said:
Dave

I created a new account without authorizing any important rights such as
power user or administrator rights and set the computer to turn on
automatically without prompt any authentication. The problem is that I do not
remember the administrator password. Now, I am really in trouble. I can not
access any important programs and files that I need it for my job badly. I
tried to upgrade the computer's OS from Widows 2000 professional to windows
XP professional. However, I was not allowed to backup my files using the
CD-RW device since I do not have sufficient rights. I plan to take the
risk--- Go ahead and upgrade the computer without backing up the files. My
question is that after I upgrage my computer to Windows XP professional, do I
need the existing administror password to create new administrator accounts
or any other accounts? I do not remember the existing administrator password.
Do you have any solutions other than upgrade the OS? Thanks


Citizen of Mars
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Yes, you will need the credentials for an admin account. Use
this boot disk to reset the password for the administrator's
account. After you're done, create a second admin account
and lock its details away. It's the same as with your car: I'm
sure you have more than one set of keys, for obvious reasons.

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