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by bhanushali_03

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i havv a windows xp sp2 ,i forget my administrator password what i do

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by w2ktechman

to go along with that. I was in the grocery store and they were selling the "Dummies Guide" to improve memory :D

Along with that, I was in Costco recently and found pills to improve memory.
See, your solution with these add-ons just may work :D

by afeer_ahmed

There is a Linux utility available in IOS format, you can burn that on CD and then reboot your system. boot system through that cd, now follow the steps and reset the administrator password.

by tony hopkinson

I've forgotten my pin number, how do I break into 'my' bank account.

Perhaps you would care to help?

Oh you'll need my name it's Ahmed Afeer....

by older mycroft

Perhaps mislead Monsieur Ahmed.

An attempt that evidently was successful. ;)

by w2ktechman

Remember the PW (as OM mentioned)
Pay a professional to remove it
Format and re-install your OS (backing up data first of course).

Or, you can trash your hard drive (Gasoline and matches work well)
While playing with gasoline, you may just try soaking yourself in it. Then lighting the hard drive from a safe distance. Strike anywhere matches work well cause you can toss them safely and they usually stay lit. Pre-soaking the matches in gasoline works well too!

or a great way is to pull the HDD partially from the case, and while the system is booting up, shake it very aggressively. If it is a notebook system, you don't even need to remove the drive at all, just shake it aggressively while it is booting. You see, Windows is easily confused normally, when you shake it up, it gets dizzy or light headed or something, and forgets about security for a short time. If you shake it up for 3-4 minutes during boot, you should be able to logon to Windows as an administrator without a password. Then you can change the password before Windows recovers from it spell.

by oh smeg

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So under these constraints either contact Microsoft for a possible solution or your Computer System Maker both will require you to prove that you actually own this system but that will not be a problem will it.

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