PASSWORDS

[FRANK PRO]

I SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN MY ORIGINAL PASSWORD AND
I'M GETTING A MESSAGE STATING THAT MY OLD PASSWORD WILL
EXPIRY IN 12 DAYS. HOW CAN I OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM AND
GIVE A NEW PASSWORD EVEN THOUGH I DON'T REMEMBER THE
OLD ONE.HELP ME GET RID OF THIS MESSAGE ALL TOGETHER.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Frank;
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321305
Or
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.


Also please do not use ALL CAPS in newsgroups.
ALL CAPS is considered shouting and rude.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.


"FRANK PRO" > wrote in message
...
> I SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN MY ORIGINAL PASSWORD AND
> I'M GETTING A MESSAGE STATING THAT MY OLD PASSWORD WILL
> EXPIRY IN 12 DAYS. HOW CAN I OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM AND
> GIVE A NEW PASSWORD EVEN THOUGH I DON'T REMEMBER THE
> OLD ONE.HELP ME GET RID OF THIS MESSAGE ALL TOGETHER.