Re: Forgot admin password

By trying this step, it still did not bring me to the screen to allow me to
make any changes, I've been at this for two days, please help !

"Malke" wrote:

> Maria wrote:
>
> > Hi there, i have stupidly forgotton my admin password, so cant get
> > into my computer at all can anyone please give me some advice.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Malke
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>

Yolanda wrote:

> By trying this step, it still did not bring me to the screen to allow me
> to make any changes, I've been at this for two days, please help !

What step? Getting into Safe Mode? If you can't get into Safe Mode, either
use NTpasswd as previously suggested or, it this is beyond your skill level
(and there's no shame in admitting that since we all have our areas of
expertise), take the computer to a professional (not from a
BigComputerStore type of place).

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

Obviously you will need to get NTpasswd and create the bootable CD (by
burning an .iso image, not a data disk) from a working computer.

Malke
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