Forgotten password

Help! My 81 year old father has forgotten his XP login
password. How can I recover it, or get into the
adminstrator account to give him another? He is the
administrator of his computer (he is in one state, I am
in another), so must have a password to BE the
administrator...

Thanks!

Laurie;
The password is Case Sensitive.
Check Caps Lock and try various of Capital combinations.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305
Or
Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.
If you are using Windows XP Pro and have encrypted data, you may
permanently lose access to the encrypted data.

Here are other options:
http://www.wininternals.com/products...very/index.asp
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/prod...&affid=wxpnews

Another option is to install Windows XP on another partition and take
Ownership of your data.
You could also perform another installation on the same partition,
although this is not a permanent fix and it is recommended to perform
a Clean Installation after retrieving your data.

After this is resolved, take precautions to not lose the password.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"Laurie" <lpitts@hsc.edu> wrote in message
news:04fd01c3494c$e98474e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

> Help! My 81 year old father has forgotten his XP login
> password. How can I recover it, or get into the
> adminstrator account to give him another? He is the
> administrator of his computer (he is in one state, I am
> in another), so must have a password to BE the
> administrator...
>
> Thanks!

i forgot my password and i am the administrator how do i
get logged back on as i have no password backup disk

David;
The password is Case Sensitive.
Check Caps Lock and try various of Capital combinations.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305
Or
Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.
If you are using Windows XP Pro and have encrypted data, you may
permanently lose access to the encrypted data.

Here are other options:
http://www.wininternals.com/products...very/index.asp
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/prod...&affid=wxpnews

Another option is to install Windows XP on another partition and take
Ownership of your data.
You could also perform another installation on the same partition,
although this is not a permanent fix and it is recommended to perform
a Clean Installation after retrieving your data.

After this is resolved, take precautions to not lose the password.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.


"david o rourke" <dorourke5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:037401c3507d$c6b9df30$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> i forgot my password and i am the administrator how do i
> get logged back on as i have no password backup disk

My 9 year old daughter somehow got into the "user"
administrative section of XP and decided to put in a
password in to "keep her younger sister out." However,
since the computer has not been shut off in over three
weeks, she has not had to use this new password. She has
since forgotten it and XP will not allow me to go any
further than the "User Name" and Password section. After
so many tries, it locks me out. How can I restore to
original settings? I am not worried about files currently
in the computer, but would like to save them if possible.

Jeff;
The password is Case Sensitive.
Check Caps Lock and try various of Capital combinations.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305
Or
Log in to any account that has Administrator access.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.


Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.
If you are using Windows XP Pro and have encrypted data, you may
permanently lose access to the encrypted data.

Here are other options:
http://www.wininternals.com/products...very/index.asp
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/prod...&affid=wxpnews

Another option is to install Windows XP on another partition and take
Ownership of your data.
You could also perform another installation on the same partition,
although this is not a permanent fix and it is recommended to perform
a Clean Installation after retrieving your data.

After this is resolved, take precautions to not lose the password.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.


"Jeff" <jfitt@anet-stl.com> wrote in message
news:033f01c35416$f6dba7b0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> My 9 year old daughter somehow got into the "user"
> administrative section of XP and decided to put in a
> password in to "keep her younger sister out." However,
> since the computer has not been shut off in over three
> weeks, she has not had to use this new password. She has
> since forgotten it and XP will not allow me to go any
> further than the "User Name" and Password section. After
> so many tries, it locks me out. How can I restore to
> original settings? I am not worried about files currently
> in the computer, but would like to save them if possible.

I am more computer illiterite than not. I forgot the
password to admin and now am unable to log on. Do you
have any easy to follow solutions?

I am pretty computer illiterite. I forgot my password to
admin and now can't logon. Any suggestions?

Renee;
The password is Case Sensitive.
Check Caps Lock and try various of Capital combinations.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305
Or
Log in to any account that has Administrator access.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.

Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.
If you are using Windows XP Pro and have encrypted data, you may
permanently lose access to the encrypted data.

Here are other options:
http://www.wininternals.com/products...very/index.asp
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/prod...&affid=wxpnews

Another option is to install Windows XP on another partition and take
Ownership of your data.
You could also perform another installation on the same partition,
although this is not a permanent fix and it is recommended to perform
a Clean Installation after retrieving your data.

After this is resolved, take precautions to not lose the password.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...oups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.


"renee lecourt" <renee_lecourt@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:016c01c35495$c2461920$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> I am more computer illiterite than not. I forgot the
> password to admin and now am unable to log on. Do you
> have any easy to follow solutions?

Heh,

you have to restart your comp and press f5 it will pop
up the window and then you select mode safe. just try
that way first
goodluck

>-----Original Message-----
>I am pretty computer illiterite. I forgot my password

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>admin and now can't logon. Any suggestions?
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