Userid Locked Out - How do I reinstall Windows?

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My mother was using our home computer and she typed in the
wrong password several times. Now the computer is locked
out and I do not know how to get back into it.

I bought the computer second hand so there is no real data
on it. I am willing to reinstall windows, but the
computer came with XP pre-installed and I do not have the
cd's for it.

Is there a solution here?

 

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"JasonWellington" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My mother was using our home computer and she typed in the
>wrong password several times. Now the computer is locked
>out and I do not know how to get back into it.

See "How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305).

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I had already tried that. There's only 1 account and it
was Admin. I also do not have a reset disk. Any further
Ideas?
>-----Original Message-----
>"JasonWellington" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
>
>>My mother was using our home computer and she typed in
the
>>wrong password several times. Now the computer is
locked
>>out and I do not know how to get back into it.
>
>See "How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your
Password or Your
>Password Expires" (http://support.microsoft.com/?
kbid=321305).
>
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>(tm)
>.
>

 

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Hi,

Another reason why you should never, ever use the default admin account for
regular use. See if this helps:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"JasonWellington" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I had already tried that. There's only 1 account and it
> was Admin. I also do not have a reset disk. Any further
> Ideas?
>>-----Original Message-----
>>"JasonWellington" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>>My mother was using our home computer and she typed in
> the
>>>wrong password several times. Now the computer is
> locked
>>>out and I do not know how to get back into it.
>>
>>See "How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your
> Password or Your
>>Password Expires" (http://support.microsoft.com/?
> kbid=321305).
>>
>>--
>>(tm)
>>.
>>