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User account passwords
Name: Deadhorse Date: August 23, 2007 at 08:46:06 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 2.8 768mb Product: Dell
Comment:
I have a computer with a password protected user account on it and can't remember the password, is there any way I can find it out from my account?
Name: XpUser Date: August 23, 2007 at 10:00:27 Pacific
Reply:
FYI
Windows XP Forum is more appropriate to get answers to this type of question.
i_Xp/VistaUser
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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: August 23, 2007 at 17:35:58 Pacific
Reply:
If you're an Administrator on the machine you can change the password. If you want to know the password, why not ask the user?
Life's more painless for the brainless.
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Response Number 3
Name: cnf Date: August 28, 2007 at 05:14:52 Pacific
Reply:
1.Turn on the machine.
2.Press F8 repeatedly on the keyboard until the Boot Menu Appears.
3.Use your arrow key on the keyboard to scroll down to Safe Mode, and press Enter. The computer should boot into Safe Mode and without prompting you to enter a password and you can access your documents.
4.Open User Accounts in Control Panel.
5.On the Users tab, click the name of the user whose password you want to change, and then click Reset Password.
6.In New password and Confirm new password, type the new password, and then click OK.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: August 29, 2007 at 17:39:04 Pacific
Reply:
It's not necessary to boot to Safe Mode to change a password.
Since the OP hasn't responded, I'm guessing this is no longer an issue, or he/she just doesn't care enough to follow-up. :)
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