password

[Ant Brooke]

My girlfriend has a computer on which she has a password.
She has forgotten the password to her windows xp home
edition and can't get into any of her own files, only as a
guest. I've tried to go into control panel and do a
system restore but it is refusing to let me do it probably
because it's in the guest. Please can ypou tell me of a
way around this so that she can get back into her own
password protected files.
yours
Ant

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Boot into Safe mode and logon as administrator (the password should be =
blank), from there she can reset the user password or create a new =
profile and copy the data over.

--=20
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ant Brooke" > wrote in message =
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> My girlfriend has a computer on which she has a password. =20
> She has forgotten the password to her windows xp home=20
> edition and can't get into any of her own files, only as a=20
> guest. I've tried to go into control panel and do a=20
> system restore but it is refusing to let me do it probably=20
> because it's in the guest. Please can ypou tell me of a=20
> way around this so that she can get back into her own=20
> password protected files.
> yours
> Ant

[Gene K]

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Boot into Safe mode and logon as administrator (the
password should be blank), from there she can reset the
user password or create a new profile and copy the data
over.
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Ant Brooke" > wrote in message
...
>> My girlfriend has a computer on which she has a
password.
>> She has forgotten the password to her windows xp home
>> edition and can't get into any of her own files, only
as a
>> guest. I've tried to go into control panel and do a
>> system restore but it is refusing to let me do it
probably
>> because it's in the guest. Please can ypou tell me of
a
>> way around this so that she can get back into her own
>> password protected files.
>> yours
>> Ant
>.
>Agree with Rick; two ways to boot (start) into Safe Mode:
1. When the the Windows splash starts to appear ( or
before) start tapping the F8 key constantly until the
selection screen appears.

2. The easier way in my opinion; Start/All
Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt/ then type "msconfig"
(less the quotation marks) after the blinking Cursor/ hit
the Enter key on the Keyboard. This will open a window
with a tabbed bar at the top; click the far left one (I
forget the name on the Tab). Then select the Boot Mode you
want. I would suggest Safe Mode with basic drivers &
programs. Then click Ok or whatever it is to get out of
the window. Then shut down and restart. You should then be
in Safe Mode.
Gene K