Qrnn said:
I applied a password on my administrator user account but i must of put the
password in wrong because it won't allow me to go into it and would really
appreciate it if any one has any idea on how to get rid of the password please
Thankyou
If you have another user account with administrative privileges, log
into it and then do:
Start>Run>control userpasswords 2 [enter]
You will see where you can change the built-in Administrator account's
password.
Since your post is a bit sketchy on details (XP Home or Pro, if you mean
your own user account or the built-in Administrator account, etc.), here
is my standard "blurb" about fixing this problem. Take the bits that are
applicable to you.
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If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account
with administrative privileges you can log into that account and change
your original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in
Control Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or
don't have the password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in
Administrator account. 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.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords
that you will remember and make other desired changes.
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Malke
