Get around password

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Carl G

Hi All
I got a big problem with my sister inlaws pc.
My brother inlaw passed away a couple weeks ago and had a password on his
pc,My sister inlaw don't know the password.
How can i reset the passwoird so she can access the pc.
He had a lot of important stuff stored on the pc,and she wants to get things
straitent out now.
Can someone help me out here.
If you want to e-mail me change the DOT.
Thanks
 
Carl said:
Hi All
I got a big problem with my sister inlaws pc.
My brother inlaw passed away a couple weeks ago and had a password on his
pc,My sister inlaw don't know the password.
How can i reset the passwoird so she can access the pc.
He had a lot of important stuff stored on the pc,and she wants to get
things straitent out now.
Can someone help me out here.
If you want to e-mail me change the DOT.
Thanks
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Log in as the built-in Administrator. (As you don't say which version of XP
it is, in Home Edition, boot into Safe Mode. For Pro, at the welcome
Screen, press Ctl-Alt-Del twice and you should see the old W2K style log-in
box come up). In either case, it is highly probable, especially if the
machine came with XP pre-installed, that there is NO password. Once logged
on, you can then change the User's password.
 
Carl said:
Hi All
I got a big problem with my sister inlaws pc.
My brother inlaw passed away a couple weeks ago and had a password on
his pc,My sister inlaw don't know the password.
How can i reset the passwoird so she can access the pc.
He had a lot of important stuff stored on the pc,and she wants to get
things straitent out now.
Can someone help me out here.
If you want to e-mail me change the DOT.
Thanks
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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.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
Windows.

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

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

Malke
 
Thanks Guys
I will give that a try,hopefully i will be able to reset it for her.
Thanks again
Carl G
 
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