Administrator Password on XP Home Edition

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Oscar wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Does anyone know the administrator password on XP home edition
> version,? if anyone can be of some assistance that will be greatly
> apreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Oscar

The default password is a blank. If you changed it to something else,
then no one but you knows what it is. In that case, use NTpasswd to
change the Administrator password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

Malke
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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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> Oscar wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Does anyone know the administrator password on XP home edition
version,? if
> > anyone can be of some assistance that will be greatly apreciated.
>
> That password would be whatever you, or someone else using your
> computer with administrative privileges, set it to be. By default,
the
> WinXP Home Administrator's password is blank.
>
And, on Home, the Administrator's account only works in Safe Mode.