Locked out of Xp Home

[athiel]

Hello, My Daughter has forgotten the password she put into the admin
account. She can only logon as a guest, How can I reset the admin password.

Thanks for any help....

 

[Malke]

Hello, My Daughter has forgotten the password she put into the admin
account. She can only logon as a guest, How can I reset the admin
password.

Thanks for any help....

If this is XP Home, start the machine in Safe Mode by repeatedly tapping
the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the
right menu to choose Safe Mode. Use your Up arrow key to navigate; the
mouse doesn't work here.

Now you should see the Welcome Screen with the normally hidden built-in
Administrator account. Unless you changed it, the default password is a
blank. Log in with this account and go to the User Accounts applet in
Control Panel. Change the administrative user account's password to
something you will remember.

If you have XP Pro, you don't need to start in Safe Mode to access the
normally hidden Administrator account. Do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and you'll
get the classic logon box where you can type in "Administrator".

If you have XP Pro and/or your daughter changed the password of the
built-in Administrator account, use NTpasswd to change the
Administrator password to a blank. Then log in and make your user
account changes.

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

Malke

 

[Jim]

LOL, so much for Windows security

Jim

If this is XP Home, start the machine in Safe Mode by repeatedly tapping
the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the
right menu to choose Safe Mode. Use your Up arrow key to navigate; the
mouse doesn't work here.

Now you should see the Welcome Screen with the normally hidden built-in
Administrator account. Unless you changed it, the default password is a
blank. Log in with this account and go to the User Accounts applet in
Control Panel. Change the administrative user account's password to
something you will remember.

If you have XP Pro, you don't need to start in Safe Mode to access the
normally hidden Administrator account. Do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and you'll
get the classic logon box where you can type in "Administrator".

If you have XP Pro and/or your daughter changed the password of the
built-in Administrator account, use NTpasswd to change the
Administrator password to a blank. Then log in and make your user
account changes.

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

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

 

[Malke]

LOL, so much for Windows security

Jim

This has nothing to do with "Windows security". With physical access
plus skills plus tools plus time, any computer running any operating
system can be gotten into. This is the way all computers work and is
not operating system-dependent.

Malke

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Jim

You should be thankful that it is so easy.. with some IBM laptops, if you
forget the BIOS password, the entire board has to be replaced.. somehow, I
don't think that you would like that kind of cost in the circumstances..

As with any security system, it is designed to prevent the 'casual'
criminal.. align it to car security.. a good car lock system will take five
minutes or more to penetrate, but some take less than 20 seconds..