user passwords

[Eliza]

if you have saved a password for a user who is the
administrator, then you forgot the password, is there any
way to over-ride the log-in screen to get into the
computer and to change the password?

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Eliza,

You would need to login with another account that has Admin priviledges and
reset the other account. In a WinXP Home system, you should be able to logon
as Administrator in Safe mode usinga blank password (unless you actually set
one).

Once logged in, start/run "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes), and
on the advanced tab click the advanced button. Click on the users folder,
then in the right pane right-click the user account and select "set
password".

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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

"Eliza" > wrote in message
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> if you have saved a password for a user who is the
> administrator, then you forgot the password, is there any
> way to over-ride the log-in screen to get into the
> computer and to change the password?