Forgoten password

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two months ago i put a password on my xp home system and when i came back today i oculd not remember it. Is there any way to change the password without logging in. Will boot disks do anything, and if i use them will i lose any applications/files on the hard drive?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Lost, Forgotten, or Expired Passwords:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Jupiter Jones]

Windows XP Key is a program to reset Windows XP security
if Administrator password, secure boot password or key disk is lost.
http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm

Microsoft's Policy Regarding Missing or Invalid Passwords
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;189126

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| two months ago i put a password on my xp home system and when i came back today i oculd not remember it. Is
there any way to change the password without logging in. Will boot disks do anything, and if i use them will
i lose any applications/files on the hard drive?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

This may help;
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

two months ago i put a password on my xp home system and when i came

back today i oculd not remember it. Is there any way to change the
password without logging in. Will boot disks do anything, and if i
use them will i lose any applications/files on the hard drive?