XP password..Please help!!

[Dana]

I set my password in a hurry for the winxp log on welcome
screen, and now I don't remember it at all, and I'm
afraid to restart my pc, because I won't be able to log
onto my pc. Is there anyway that I can reset it, or take
it off?
Thanks.
~dana

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
ctrl-alt-delete
twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password blank and
press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden account
during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed it
doesn't likely have one either,

If you have Home, boot into Safe Mode (F8 after the post test and before
Windows starts. Once Windows starts loading, you've missed it and will have
to try again). You'll have an option to log on as Administrator. Again,
the same procedure, you'll be asked to log in to get into safe mode, type
administrator, leave the password blank and press enter.

This will get you in. Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select the
specific user and select change password. Once you've changed the password
it would be advisable to create a Password Reset Disk by clicking "Prevent a
Forgotten Password" link in the left pane.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I set my password in a hurry for the winxp log on welcome
screen, and now I don't remember it at all, and I'm
afraid to restart my pc, because I won't be able to log
onto my pc.

Start - Run and run
control userpasswords2

There, if you have admin status, you can select any user name and Reset
password.

If your present account is not of admin status; this is where the
reserve, emergency account called Administrator comes in. Boot, hitting
F8 as BIOS info goes to black; take Safe Mode, There will then be an
icon for Administrator on the Welcome screen. (If not, hit CTL-ALT-DEL
twice and enter the explicit name
Administrator
and leave the password blank)

In that, follow the method given