Password WindowsXP, SP #2 - I forgot

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I have used Windows XP Home edition on my laptop for a log time with SP#1
and 2 installed. It always gave me an automatic sign-on.

Something has happed and it now comes to a screen that demands a password. I
have no idea any longer what that password is or was.

How can I either recover the password or by-pass this somehow.

I cannot get to anything like Start etc,because without this password I am
stopped short in my tracks.
 
How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password or your
password expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321305


|I have used Windows XP Home edition on my laptop for a log time
with SP#1
| and 2 installed. It always gave me an automatic sign-on.
|
| Something has happed and it now comes to a screen that demands a
password. I
| have no idea any longer what that password is or was.
|
| How can I either recover the password or by-pass this somehow.
|
| I cannot get to anything like Start etc,because without this
password I am
| stopped short in my tracks.
|
|
|
 
Have you tried leaving the password blank and pressing enter. If that
resolves it, do the following in order to boot directly to the desktop:
Click on Start and run: type in control userpasswords2
Uncheck the box User must enter a username and password.

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