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      25th Oct 2004
I set up 2 users on my PC at home, both users as Administrators. I think I
left the password fields blank but am not really sure. Is there a way I can
tell if either of these Administrator User Accounts has a password?
 
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      25th Oct 2004
OneDavy wrote:

> I set up 2 users on my PC at home, both users as Administrators. I think I
> left the password fields blank but am not really sure. Is there a way I can
> tell if either of these Administrator User Accounts has a password?


Try logging in as each of the users while leaving the password field blank.

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      26th Oct 2004
Hi,

If you're not prompted for a password when you click on your name at logon,
then you have not created a password for that account. The DEFAULT
Administrator account (not the ones you created) is different. You should,
I've been told, create a strong password for that.

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"OneDavy" wrote:

> I set up 2 users on my PC at home, both users as Administrators. I think I
> left the password fields blank but am not really sure. Is there a way I can
> tell if either of these Administrator User Accounts has a password?

 
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      28th Oct 2004

What could I do if someone has changed my account password and I have n
idea what it is, and I dont want to lose any saved info


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      29th Oct 2004
herc wrote:

> What could I do if someone has changed my account password and I
> have no idea what it is, and I dont want to lose any saved info?

Hi

As long as you haven't encrypted any files/folders, you can reset
the local Administrator password (or any user I guess) with one
of the methods mentioned here:

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm


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