Lost administrator account password (XP Home)

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I changed the password for my admin account , but something went wrong. I
cannot log on as admin now. Please advise what do I do to remedy this?

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Hi,

Thanks for the tip, but don't really help. Maybe I didn't make the problem
clear.
Actually I changed the admin password, then logged off. When I tried to log
on later, I got the 'forgotten password?' dialogue box. I'm pretty sure the
password I used was the new one I changed to, but it was not accepted. I
tried the old one also denied.

All the suggestions on Kelly's corner still needed the admin password, and
that's the problem. I have another user account to log in, but all my
documents are in the admin. account. Any way for me to get around admin
password/to change admin. password/to disable admin password to get to the
documents?

fasha

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Fasha,
>
> See if this helps:
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm
>
> --
> 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
>
> "fasha" <fasha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:99D3C909-C5FD-443F-A876-EC1D7E54311D@microsoft.com...
> >I changed the password for my admin account , but something went wrong. I
> > cannot log on as admin now. Please advise what do I do to remedy this?
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi again.

You're definitely correct... Solved my problem in 'safe mode'
Thanks a million....


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You didn't read far enough down the page. Within WindowsXP the only way to
> reset an administrator password is by logging in with another administrator
> account. There are no workarounds within Windows. However, there are other
> ways outside of Windows.....
>
> --
> 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
>
> "fasha" <fasha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5CD6017B-D2B1-497B-ABC6-F744AB97C8AC@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the tip, but don't really help. Maybe I didn't make the problem
> > clear.
> > Actually I changed the admin password, then logged off. When I tried to
> > log
> > on later, I got the 'forgotten password?' dialogue box. I'm pretty sure
> > the
> > password I used was the new one I changed to, but it was not accepted. I
> > tried the old one also denied.
> >
> > All the suggestions on Kelly's corner still needed the admin password, and
> > that's the problem. I have another user account to log in, but all my
> > documents are in the admin. account. Any way for me to get around admin
> > password/to change admin. password/to disable admin password to get to the
> > documents?
> >
> > fasha
> >
> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Fasha,
> >>
> >> See if this helps:
> >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm
> >>
> >> --
> >> 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
> >>
> >> "fasha" <fasha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:99D3C909-C5FD-443F-A876-EC1D7E54311D@microsoft.com...
> >> >I changed the password for my admin account , but something went wrong.
> >> >I
> >> > cannot log on as admin now. Please advise what do I do to remedy this?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>