XP Password

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Darryl Pearson

My wife has forgotten her password on start up and the hint tab does not
appear.How can we get into her PC?
 
Darryl Pearson said:
My wife has forgotten her password on start up and the hint tab does not
appear.How can we get into her PC?
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You can try logging on with the built-in Administrator account and going to
Control Panel -> User Accounts to change the password. How you log on with
the Administrator account depends on what version of XP you have installed
on your computer.

XP Home Edition

To logon with the built-in Administrator account in XP Home Edition you have
to restart the computer and boot into Safe Mode.
To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen.
Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears.
Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode.
Hit Enter.
Click on the Administrator icon.
Unless you changed it, the password should be blank.

XP Professional
Restart your computer.
If the Welcome screen is displayed, hit the Ctrl + Alt + Del key combination
twice.
This should bring up the Log on to Windows dialog.
Enter Administrator in the User Name box.
If you set up a password for this account, enter it now. Otherwise, leave
the password box blank.

Note: If you have XP Professional installed on your computer and have used
its encryption feature on any of your files, changing your password using
the above outlined steps will result in you losing access to the encrypted
files.

If you're still locked out of your computer, take a look at these web sites
for information on creating a bootable CD that will let you reset passwords.

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®
http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Darryl said:
My wife has forgotten her password on start up and the hint tab does not
appear.How can we get into her PC?
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Simply log in using the built-in Administrator account (which
cannot be deleted) and use Start > Run > "control userpasswords2" to
modify the desired account(s).

By design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of
WinXP Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing
CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login
dialog box.


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