lost XP pro password

[Johnfli]

I have a stand alone XP Pro machine that I had one user working on.

That computer, when turning it on, goes stright to the user's name. We do
not know her password.

How can I remedy that?

 

[Kirrin Jones]

Maybe the account is not using a password. You can check the User
Accounts applet in the Control Panel. You can either reset the users'
password or assign one, or you can choose the Advanced tab and require
that CTRL+ALT+DEL be pressed to login to the machine.

 

[Johnfli]

but we can not sign onto the computer to be able to do that

 

[John John]

Try this it works: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

John

 

[Galen]

In John John had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Try this it works: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

John

*grins* And hope like heck that the user wasn't using EFS.

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whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[John John]

In John John had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:




*grins* And hope like heck that the user wasn't using EFS.

Yes, but if you don't know the account password I guess you're up the
creek one way or the other.

John

 

[CCarl]

There are many programs that you can boot to and reset the admin password.
I carry one that boots of a floppy all the time. This guy has some great
links
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

good luck