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June 24th, 2005 14:00
Forgot password
I recently lost my password to the administrator account on this computer . There is another account, but it is a limited account. How can I recover my password without completely erasing my computer and re-installing the system? I had just did that and I really do not want to do it again. Please help!
- that is what windows password recovery (floppy disk) creater if for
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Denny Denham
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Posted June 24th, 2005 14:00
Try using the System Administrator account. If you are using XP Home boot to Safe Mode. XP Pro can do this in Normal Mode. At the Welcome screen press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice. On the sign-in screen that appears enter Administrator as the user name and leave the password blank. After you sign in you can go to Start|Control Panel|User Accounts and reset or eliminate the forgotten password.
This question should have been posted in the Windows XP Software conference but it's faster just to answer it here.