forgotton password xp home

[jess]

i am the only administrator for my computer and i forgot
my password and i dont have a back up disk. How to i get
into my account?

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jess;
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

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

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
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"jess" > wrote in message
...
> i am the only administrator for my computer and i forgot
> my password and i dont have a back up disk. How to i get
> into my account?