password expired and can' t log into windows

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Mary Jewell

First let me say that I am a "senior citizen" who hasn't
logged into windows for a very long time. I suspect that
my Windows XP Professional password has expired. I don't
even remember what it was. I would now like to use my
computer again but can't get pass the login window. In
very simple terms, can someone tell me what I need to do
(hopefully, not completely reinstall windows XP). Even
if reinstall windows, how would I go about doing that?
I'm using another PC and will check message board for
reply.

THANKS much for any and all help you can give.
 
If you can loggin as administrator then go to start menu select run type
"control userpasswords2" click "OK" then select the user that cannot log in
and click the button "reset password..." and type in a new password for the
user.
 
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