Alex Nichol
January 5th 04, 09:57 PM
Dana wrote:
>I set my password in a hurry for the winxp log on welcome
>screen, and now I don't remember it at all, and I'm
>afraid to restart my pc, because I won't be able to log
>onto my pc.
Start - Run and run
control userpasswords2
There, if you have admin status, you can select any user name and Reset
password.
If your present account is not of admin status; this is where the
reserve, emergency account called Administrator comes in. Boot, hitting
F8 as BIOS info goes to black; take Safe Mode, There will then be an
icon for Administrator on the Welcome screen. (If not, hit CTL-ALT-DEL
twice and enter the explicit name
Administrator
and leave the password blank)
In that, follow the method given
--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)
>I set my password in a hurry for the winxp log on welcome
>screen, and now I don't remember it at all, and I'm
>afraid to restart my pc, because I won't be able to log
>onto my pc.
Start - Run and run
control userpasswords2
There, if you have admin status, you can select any user name and Reset
password.
If your present account is not of admin status; this is where the
reserve, emergency account called Administrator comes in. Boot, hitting
F8 as BIOS info goes to black; take Safe Mode, There will then be an
icon for Administrator on the Welcome screen. (If not, hit CTL-ALT-DEL
twice and enter the explicit name
Administrator
and leave the password blank)
In that, follow the method given
--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)