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Silva

hi,i got a doubt,yesterday i put an administrator password in the computer..
then after when went to turn it on and put the password it dint accepted
the password. can help????
 
Silva said:
hi,i got a doubt,yesterday i put an administrator password in the
computer..
then after when went to turn it on and put the password it dint accepted
the password. can help????

You've entered the wrong password. If you have forgotten your password, if
you have another user account with administrative privileges you can log
into that account and change your original user account's password from the
User Accounts applet in Control Panel. If you don't have another account
like this set up or don't have the password to it, you'll need to log into
the built-in Administrator account. In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe
Mode. Do this by repeatedly tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting
up. This will get you to the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key;
the mouse will not work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally
hidden Administrator account. The default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. 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 reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or have
Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in
Administrator account's password to a blank. Download the bootable CD .iso,
burn with third-party burning software (as an image, not as data), boot
with the media you created. You may need to change the boot order in the
BIOS or get a temporary boot order menu with a special keypress. NTpasswd
will run. Follow the instructions carefully.

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

Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that
you will remember and make other desired changes. WRITE THE PASSWORDS DOWN
AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE YOU WON'T LOSE THEM.

Malke
 
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