Resetting "Administrator" password? (User belongs to Administrators group)

[SansAdresse]

This is a "Windows XP Pro", private machine.

I belong to the Administrators group, I never had to log in as Administrator.
As a result, I have forgotten Administrator's password.

Can I, as a user, reset Administrator's password?
A pointer to the relevant info would be most welcome.

 

[Galen]

In SansAdresse <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

This is a "Windows XP Pro", private machine.

I belong to the Administrators group, I never had to log in as
Administrator. As a result, I have forgotten Administrator's password.

Can I, as a user, reset Administrator's password?
A pointer to the relevant info would be most welcome.

This is one of the many tools available to help you with that:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Don't forget to read the manual. Oh, and use a password you're going to
remember (put it on a disk but call the disk fatal recovery disk or
something else silly so people don't think to look on it for your password)
It says NT but it's also for XP, 2k, etc.

Galen

 

[Guest]

If you belong to the administrators group, you should be able to right click