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Vic said:
Hello, my daughter has lost her password on her computer,
unfortunately it is
the only account on there (no other admin account) so I
cannot gain access to
change it. The password hint is no good as well, and she
hasn't made a back
up.
Is there any other way of by-passing the password?
Is there anything I can do with it at all?
Any ideas welcome.
Cheers
Vic
You can try logging on with the built-in Administrator account
and going to Control Panel -> User Accounts to change the
password.
How you log on with the Administrator account depends on what
version of XP you have installed on your computer.
XP Home Edition
To logon with the built-in Administrator account in XP Home
Edition you have to restart the computer and boot into Safe
Mode.
To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen.
Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears.
Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode.
Hit Enter.
Click on the Administrator icon.
Unless you changed it, the password should be blank.
XP Professional
Restart your computer.
If the Welcome screen is displayed, hit the Ctrl + Alt + Del
key combination twice.
This should bring up the Log on to Windows dialog.
Enter Administrator in the User Name box.
If you set up a password for this account, enter it now.
Otherwise, leave the password box blank.
If you're still locked out of your computer, take a look here.
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®
http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm
Good luck
Nepatsfan
