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Lord Nikon · 01-12-2006, 21:34

Just a thought - I am assuming it's your user password you can't remember

It may be obvious, but worth a try

boot the machine normally, when it gets to the welcome screen where it lists the users, hit CTRL+ALT+DEL twice, the login screen will change, enter the username Administrator - leave the password blank, and hit enter

only works if the admin password is blank (which it should NEVER be, but a lot of computer preinstall CDs do so) but if it is blank, it will log you in normally

01-12-2006, 21:34	#30
Lord Nikon Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NW UK Posts: 3,546	Re: trying to reset XP password( zing or paul maybe you could help) Just a thought - I am assuming it's your user password you can't remember It may be obvious, but worth a try boot the machine normally, when it gets to the welcome screen where it lists the users, hit CTRL+ALT+DEL twice, the login screen will change, enter the username Administrator - leave the password blank, and hit enter only works if the admin password is blank (which it should NEVER be, but a lot of computer preinstall CDs do so) but if it is blank, it will log you in normally