Forgotten password

[Patch]

My Niece is running XP Home and has forgotten her password. Is there any way
to retrieve this info? She dreads the thought of a new install.


Thanks

 

[Malke]

My Niece is running XP Home and has forgotten her password. Is there
any way to retrieve this info? She dreads the thought of a new
install.

In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly
tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to
the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not
work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
Administrator account. The default password is a blank.

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or
have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the
built-in Administrator account's password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords
that you will remember and make other desired changes.

Malke