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forgotten password
My mother has XP professional, set with one user
account. She has forgotten the password and cannot sign on. A friend helped her ( the last time) to bypass the password sign-on and gain access to the account. Does anybody know how to do this? |
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forgotten password
Lori;
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;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...very/index.asp http://www.sunbelt-software.com/prod...&affid=wxpnews After this is resolved, take precautions to not lose the password. -- Jupiter Jones An easier way to read newsgroup messages: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit. "Lori" wrote in message ... My mother has XP professional, set with one user account. She has forgotten the password and cannot sign on. A friend helped her ( the last time) to bypass the password sign-on and gain access to the account. Does anybody know how to do this? |
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