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gentleperson
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October 8th, 2005 00:00
forgot my administrator password!
Dear wiser people,
Sorry to trouble you (I searched the forum but could not find an answer to my case).
I was playing with my week old new Dell 9100 Dimension PC running Windows XP professional Version 2002 SP2, and being too curious (for my own good!), I somehow set up an administartor password, but when I tried to use it, the PC did not accept it.
So I am locked out of my account!
Luckily I had set up another limited account which I could use but will not be able to access my main account, and will not have the benefit of the administartor rights etc....
Any suggestions as to how I can reset/change/wipe out the forgotten administrator password, and regain access to that account?
(I had not transferred any data yet to the new PC).
I had made a Windows Operating system Backup CD. But I don't know how to use it in this situation.
When I power up the PC with the backup CD in the drive, the PC comes up with the two accounts that I had set up before (The administartor one cannot be used!)
With many thanks.
A novice user. (using PC's since 1985 but doesn't know much about the guts of the PCs!)
gentleperson
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Posted October 8th, 2005 01:00
God bless you Karn3ra!
your suggestion was exactly what the doctor ordered.
I had vision of scrubbing every bit with an eraser.... (or worse, paying a bundle to get a pro fix it!)
All is well, and now I can go to sleep! (It's 03:00 in the morning here...)
Many thanks for your help.
karn3ra
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Posted October 8th, 2005 00:00
try going to safe mode, you will see another name which says administrator, login to that, and you can change your password using the Administrator account...
to go to safe mode, tap f8 a few times when you see the Dell logo as soon as your restart and just scroll down to safe mode.. :D