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Forgot my Windows Password
Name: James Date: December 15, 2001 at 09:57:26 Pacific
Comment:
I forgot my Windows (windows XP) start up Password to get in2 the computer plz help. email me on marsh182@hotmail.com
Name: danieldk Date: December 16, 2001 at 07:48:29 Pacific
Reply:
Hehe James, buy OS/2 or eComStation should also get you out of the licensing mess...
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Response Number 2
Name: shawn Date: December 18, 2001 at 00:14:11 Pacific
Reply:
locate the CMOS battery on your mother board..unplug it for about 1 minute(this will earase all pass words) then put it back in and start your computer.its that easy...good luck
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Response Number 3
Name: fritz Date: December 18, 2001 at 08:44:45 Pacific
Reply:
James, you are a very poor one, indeed. AE talked very arrogant but he was right. Danieldk is a dubious fellow with very special behaviour out of the real world. Shawn brought the right helpful message, this is it what to do. Good luck, James
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Response Number 4
Name: zzzZZZ Date: February 18, 2002 at 10:15:16 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry folks if you noticed he said Windoz XP password not bios password (removing the battery). The fix: either reformat and reinstall after backing up data or my answer is load OS/2
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Response Number 5
Name: Dwayne Date: March 28, 2002 at 11:25:46 Pacific
Reply:
i for got my password to winxp.isnt there just a default password or something?
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Response Number 6
Name: Reema Date: April 4, 2002 at 13:59:47 Pacific
Reply:
James,
Goto safe mode and login as Administrator and then follow this path:-
Start>Control Panel>User Accounts... Click on your username and change Password:- Give a new password. It will not ask you for the old one. It will work.......... Believe me.
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