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Mike

I forgot my password on my computer administrators
account. There for I can only use my guest account. Is
there any way that i can get the password, because i
didnt have a secret question either.
 
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.
 
-----Original Message-----
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.


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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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I tried pressing ctrl alt delete at the log in screen
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and nothing happened?
 
That only works if you have XP Pro, do you have XP Home Edition, if yes, my
previous post also included instructions for XP Home Edition.
 
Michael: I could not access using administrator as a user
name in home edition. Any other suggestions?
 
If you are not able to get into Safe Mode, there are no other methods within
XP to resolve this. You might try running a search on Google,
www.google.com for a utility that might either recover your XP password
allow you to hack your way into the system.
 
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