Forgot Password!

If you are loggin in as a user, login in with the "Built-in" administrator account,Click Start, programs, Administerative tools,Computer management. In the left pane of the management console you will see a tree, open the users and groups node, openthe users node, right click on the account, and reset the password make sure that the check box marked "user must change password at next log on" is selected then click ok. (This will let you log in with a password you know and give you the opportunity to set a more elaborate password).

log of the administrator account, log back in as the the account you have just reset the password for.

And ofcourse if you can't gain access to the system at all with any username/password, check this site out. I have used this tool several times without any problems.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

It's a little wierd to setup the diskette, so read the guidelines. Hope it helps.

If your harddrive is FAT32 (or FAT16), it is easy; delete the "SAM" file. (What I do is rename or move it, rather than delete it.) Boot with a Windows 9.x boot disk. I think it is found in C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG. This usually works, because now you can log in as administrator, without a password.

If your harddrive is NTFS, then you'll need special software. Go to winternals.com and get a copy of ERD Commander. You'll need another PC to install it on, and then it will allow you to make a CD, which you can boot with on the PC in question, then change the administrator password.