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Name: madbull
Date: October 22, 2003 at 15:19:39 Pacific
OS: XP Pro nl
CPU/Ram: xp 2000 512 pc2700
Comment:

Can somebody please help me how and where i can change my admin password???
At the instalation i left it blank, but now i want to change that.
Thanxxx



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Response Number 1
Name: Chuck
Date: October 22, 2003 at 16:17:21 Pacific
Reply:

In Control Panel,
click User Accounts,
click your name,
click "Change my Password"


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Response Number 2
Name: keef444
Date: October 22, 2003 at 16:21:48 Pacific
Reply:

To change the password for the main admin acct (not a user acct), u need to type: Control Userpasswords2
in the RUN box.

From there u can reset the Administrator password.

Hope this helps


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Response Number 3
Name: RussellR
Date: October 22, 2003 at 20:26:48 Pacific
Reply:

log in as administrator, hit ctrl-alt-del, and hit change password


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