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Is it XP home or pro? Did he create a user account (the only one) or is he
using the administrator account? (I.E. When setting up XP, one usually sets
up an account, then uses that, which hides the admin account). If so, and
password for admin is either empty or some known password,
In XPpro, when on login screen, press Ctrl_Alt-Del twice, enter
administrator and leave password empty (usually when shop has setup
machine). Go to CtrlPanel, User Accounts and modify his accounts password
If XPhome, goto SafeMode(any) (when booting machine, start and keep tapping
F8 when BIOS finishes). This is automatically Admin account. Now
CtrlPanel->UserAccounts etc...
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"Mika" <xscope1972@hotmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> > Lost, Forgotten, or Expired Passwords:
> >
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm
> >
> > [Courtesy of MS-MVP Jupiter Jones]
> >
> > Windows XP Key is a program to reset Windows XP security
> > if Administrator password, secure boot password or key disk is lost.
> >
http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm
> >
> > Forgot your admin password?
> > http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
> >
> Thanks for quick answer, only thing a kind of a problem is with this
> user that his XP is pre-installed on local computer dealer and he has no
> Internet connection in use But this clears this situation especially
> that in this computer dealer has NOT included original Operating System
> CD within Which is OEM version, but the disk I thought that one solution
> could be to start it with a disk and rerun XP installation cause he has
> nothing of a value on that machine, except some letters But if im
> remembering correctly XP needs to be registered via Internet or it for
> some period of times hangs?
> But thats for it now, only instruction i can make to him is to council
> with dealer for this problem
> With thanks
> Mika