lost admin password

[phreak]

you need to recover your lost admin password
check out this forum there is an article that is for
win2k but may work on XP

http://www.phreakgeek.ca/phpBB2/index.php

good luck and congrats on the new baby coming

phreak

>-----Original Message-----
>Please help - wife is 9 months pregnant and computer's
>screwed up too!
>
>Have Windows XP Home and on start up the welcome screen
>shows no user accounts - seems to have been corrupted or
>deleted.
>
>Have started in safe mode and managed to login - but
only
>as a guest. No privileges to create new accounts or to
>run the system restore. Can't access any of our
documents
>or photos to back them up. Last back up - 12 months ago
>if I don't recover them I'm a dead man!
>
>thanks for the help in advance
>.
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Try leaving the password blank.

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

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305
If you do not have a Password Recovery Disk, it is to late to make it.
Or
Log in to any account that has Administrator access.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.

Windows XP Pro:
At the log-in screen, press Ctrl/Alt/Del twice quickly
Type "Administrator" and leave password blank.

Windows XP Home:
Reboot, tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu.
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 is another option:
http://www.wininternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp

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]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://dts-l.org/index.html


"Al G" > wrote in message
...
> I recently purchased a demo modle computer from a store.
> They did not give me a password. Is there anyway I can
> create a new user account without knowing that password?