unlocking a user account

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Hi,
I installed Xp on my PC - everything was fine till my son set up a user
account and gave a password that no-one knows - including him!.

Problem I have now is when I power up my PC, it goes straight to the
Username/password menu - so we can't get onto the machine.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can bypass this and get access
to my PC again.

Help.

Thanks for any advice
Fraser

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

At the logon screen, hit ctrl+alt+delete twice to bring up the Win2000 =
style log on. Then logon as administrator. You can either reset your =
son's account password or simply remove the account and create a new =
one.

--=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

"msnews.microsoft.com" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi,
> I installed Xp on my PC - everything was fine till my son set up a =
user
> account and gave a password that no-one knows - including him!.
>=20
> Problem I have now is when I power up my PC, it goes straight to the
> Username/password menu - so we can't get onto the machine.
>=20
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can bypass this and get =
access
> to my PC again.
>=20
> Help.
>=20
> Thanks for any advice
> Fraser
>=20
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

In addition to Rick's advice, if you're running XP Home, you must boot the
computer into Safe Mode to access the Administrator account.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"msnews.microsoft.com" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I installed Xp on my PC - everything was fine till my son set up a user
> account and gave a password that no-one knows - including him!.
>
> Problem I have now is when I power up my PC, it goes straight to the
> Username/password menu - so we can't get onto the machine.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can bypass this and get
access
> to my PC again.
>
> Help.
>
> Thanks for any advice
> Fraser
>
>

[msnews.microsoft.com]

Thanks Guys for the quick responses - I'll give it a try.

Fraser