XP Pro Password Reset?

[meghanwh]

My mother recently changed her XP login password and has forgotten
what the new one is. The computer used to belong to her company before
she retired, so she doesn't have administrator rights or any of the
supporting software on disc. Is there anything we can do short of
reinstalling Windows? And is there a way to set up the computer so she
doesn't need to logon ever? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

My mother recently changed her XP login password and has forgotten
what the new one is. The computer used to belong to her company before
she retired, so she doesn't have administrator rights or any of the
supporting software on disc. Is there anything we can do short of
reinstalling Windows? And is there a way to set up the computer so she
doesn't need to logon ever? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There you will find
zip files that will let you create boot floppy disks or bootable CDs
that will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class
operating system (Win2000, XP and Vista are all NT class operating system).

You should also reset the Administrators password.