HELP! ADMIN USERNAME PW LOST PLZ HELP!

[William]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin:73593

I created user accounts and myself as admin. I disabled
fast access so that no one could see the userlist since
user accounts did not need passwords only their username
to login. My admin account is the only one password
protected. I know the password is correct but it will not
work for either "Administrator" or "W.Hindman" which I
believed the latter to be my username.

Additionally I tried logging in under Administrator and
leaving it blank...still no luck...

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

William;
The password is Case Sensitive.
Check Caps Lock and try various of Capital combinations.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305
Or
Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.
If you are using Windows XP Pro and have encrypted data, you may
permanently lose access to the encrypted data.

Here are other options:
http://www.wininternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=265&affid=wxpnews

Another option is to install Windows XP on another partition and take
Ownership of your data.
You could also perform another installation on the same partition,
although this is not a permanent fix and it is recommended to perform
a Clean Installation after retrieving your data.

After this is resolved, take precautions to not lose the password.


--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"William" > wrote in message
...
> I created user accounts and myself as admin. I disabled
> fast access so that no one could see the userlist since
> user accounts did not need passwords only their username
> to login. My admin account is the only one password
> protected. I know the password is correct but it will not
> work for either "Administrator" or "W.Hindman" which I
> believed the latter to be my username.
>
> Additionally I tried logging in under Administrator and
> leaving it blank...still no luck...