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Need Password Win XP

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One of my users has lost the password to their administrator account on windows xp on their laptop, therefore essentiall locking them out of it. Is there anyway i can get into it without the password, there are no other accounts on it.

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If you are able to get into windows at all, this should do the trick of reseting the admin password:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul…kb;EN-US;305478

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i refused this answer cause i need the entire url, could you type it again please.

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When I install XP or 2000, I always setup an localadmin account and add it to the administrators group. That way, if this ever happens you can log on as an admin.

I hate to say it, but, I’d go ahead and re-install XP and add the additional admin…

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the problem is that the user has extremly important information on this machine, reformatting simply isn’t an option. Thanks anyway

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Here is the URL you need:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321305

If that doesn’t work, just got to http://support.microsoft.com and enter 321305 in the box at the left for searching the Knowledgebase. 321305 is the article number. It will also give you some related articles.

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thanks

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