HELP! - forgotten Windows XP Administrator's password

[steve]

I've forgotten my administrators password for my laptop. I've done
loads of searches on Google/Internet but have not been able to find
any solutions. If there is anyone who knows how I can blank or reset
my password or know of any links to sites that explain how to do this
in simple steps please let me know.

Any help or advice will be really appreciated

Thanks

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I've forgotten my administrators password for my laptop. I've done
loads of searches on Google/Internet but have not been able to find
any solutions. If there is anyone who knows how I can blank or
reset my password or know of any links to sites that explain how to
do this in simple steps please let me know.

Any help or advice will be really appreciated

How did you do your search?

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Going to http://www.google.com/ and searching for:

forgotten Windows XP administrator password

Comes up with over 6 million hits - of which one of the top is:
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

 

[Grant]

I've forgotten my administrators password for my laptop. I've done
loads of searches on Google/Internet but have not been able to find
any solutions. If there is anyone who knows how I can blank or reset
my password or know of any links to sites that explain how to do this
in simple steps please let me know.

Any help or advice will be really appreciated

Thanks
Try here

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I've forgotten my administrators password for my laptop. I've done
loads of searches on Google/Internet but have not been able to find
any solutions. If there is anyone who knows how I can blank or reset
my password or know of any links to sites that explain how to do this
in simple steps please let me know.

Any help or advice will be really appreciated

Thanks

Simply log in using the built-in Administrator account (which
cannot be deleted) and modify the desired account(s) and use Start > Run

"control userpasswords2" to modify the desired account(s).

By design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of
WinXP Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing
CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login
dialog box.

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321305

Failing that, Linux-based password cracking utilities abound on the
Internet, freely available to anyone who can use Google.


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Bruce Chambers

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