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administrator password problem
help! i'm using xp pro at home and at the welcome screen
i can log on as a guest, but can't log on as administrator. my password doesn't work. i've tried all my old passwords and nothing works. i can't get access to my files. is there a simple solution? i don't want to reinstall xp. |
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administrator password problem
See if this will help:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] An easier way to read newsgroup messages: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp http://dts-l.org/index.html "emerald" wrote in message ... help! i'm using xp pro at home and at the welcome screen i can log on as a guest, but can't log on as administrator. my password doesn't work. i've tried all my old passwords and nothing works. i can't get access to my files. is there a simple solution? i don't want to reinstall xp. |
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-----Original Message----- See if this will help: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] An easier way to read newsgroup messages: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...g/newsgroups/s etup.asp http://dts-l.org/index.html "emerald" wrote in message ... help! i'm using xp pro at home and at the welcome screen i can log on as a guest, but can't log on as administrator. my password doesn't work. i've tried all my old passwords and nothing works. i can't get access to my files. is there a simple solution? i don't want to reinstall xp. i pressed ctrl/alt/del 2 times quickly, typed "administrator", left password blank and it worked! i changed my admin password,logged off, and tried to login again as admin, but couldn't. i had to do the ctrl/alt/del thing again. my old admin password is protected. any ideas? oh, and thank so much for your help so far.. |
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administrator password problem
Make sure you are typing it exactly.
Passwords are case sensitive and there is no tolerance for out of place upper or lower case character. Watch spaces also. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] An easier way to read newsgroup messages: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp http://dts-l.org/index.html wrote in message ... i pressed ctrl/alt/del 2 times quickly, typed "administrator", left password blank and it worked! i changed my admin password,logged off, and tried to login again as admin, but couldn't. i had to do the ctrl/alt/del thing again. my old admin password is protected. any ideas? oh, and thank so much for your help so far.. |
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