recovering password

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Installed windows xp for my home computer and can't remember password. How do
I recover my password. I don't have internet at home.
 
cuddlebear said:
Installed windows xp for my home computer and can't remember password.
How do
I recover my password. I don't have internet at home.
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Since you just installed it, you don't have much else, if anything,
installed, so install it again atop of itself.
 
cuddlebear said:
Installed windows xp for my home computer and can't remember password.
How do I recover my password. I don't have internet at home.
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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.

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/


Once you are logged into the Administrator account, go to the User
Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that you will
remember and make other desired changes.

Malke
 
cuddlebear said:
Installed windows xp for my home computer and can't remember password. How do
I recover my password. I don't have internet at home.
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Simply log in using the built-in Administrator account (which
cannot be deleted) and modify the desired account(s) and use Start > Run
"control userpasswords2" to modify the desired account(s). By
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design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of WinXP Home
is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL twice
at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login dialog box.


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