Locked out of Admin account(effectively)

"wain munro" <waanna77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:01b601c36a74$d0c15e70$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> Changed password to 25 characters on admin account
> Welcome menu will only permit 11 digits
> As aresult cannot enter admin account
> Is there a way for me to enter the password by some other
> means. The system accepted the change. One problem is
> that there is only one administrator account

Are you sure it is the only admin account? There is a built-in
Administrator account if you created your own separately.

Start
Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Computer Management

Then in left tree window:
Expand Local Users and Groups
Highlight Users

In right details window all accounts should show: look for Administrator
accounts. If the built-in Administrator account is there and separate from
the one you are locked out of you can use it to change the password of the
other Administrator account. Since you know the password of the
Administrator account you have been using you may be able to reset that
password by highlighting it and then under Action in the menu bar Set
Password. Or just right click the account to get the Properties window and
reset it there.