Administrator Password

[Guest]

I set My computer up for Administrator and made a new user account, I signed
into the new user account when I shut it down and tried to sign in under
administrator account it does not reconize my password.

I wish I had never done this now, but is there any way to set my computer
back to the way it was before?

Please Help

Ronnie

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please see if the following link helps regarding a lost password:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I set My computer up for Administrator and made a new user account, I
signed
into the new user account when I shut it down and tried to sign in under
administrator account it does not reconize my password.

I wish I had never done this now, but is there any way to set my computer
back to the way it was before?

Please Help

Ronnie

Check things like hte Caps Lock state first.

If your new user account is an administrator account, you can simply go to
Control Panel and remove the password from the other account, though if you
are using XP Home you might have to do this in Safe Mode.

If you haven't invoked XP encryption (available only in XP PRO), there are a
number of boot CD images you can download, many based on Linux, that contain
password removal utilities. I've used Astrumi.

If you *did* invoke encryption, you have another problem as removing the
password from outside of the account will permanently prevent access to the
data.

HTH
-pk

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I set My computer up for Administrator and made a new user account, I signed
into the new user account when I shut it down and tried to sign in under
administrator account it does not reconize my password.

I wish I had never done this now, but is there any way to set my computer
back to the way it was before?

Please Help

Ronnie

Are you sure that you're using the proper password for the
Administrator account, and not the one for your newly created user account?

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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