My roomates computer won't allow him to log on to the Admin settings. He rebooted the computer, and the passsword had changed. He can't get into safemode and the boot disk isn't working either. He is essentially locked out. Any ideas?

How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password or your password expires http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321305

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