Home User - Lost My Password
Dec 23, 2006
I have two computers & so I don't frequently use the one I am having the problem with. It is a Dell Inspiron 1000 Laptop Running Windows XP Home/newbie so pls be patient..Anyway, the Dell got infected with the NSIS Media Trojan & I tried everything to remove it including but not limited to Webroot spy sweeper. It would quarantine it but apparently this thing regenerates in the registry. Therefore, I decided I needed to really secure my system & so since I am the only user, I deleted the non-admin logon account & set up the admin account with a password. I wrote it down but have lost the paper which I had written the password on. The hint is not helping me remember it exactly so I'm locked out.
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Aug 6, 2007
I have a dell windows xp desktop, when it starts up it asks for my user password..but i set it so long ago i forget. any way to get out of it without having to re-install windows xp?
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Jan 23, 2005
Windows 2000 usually displays the username and password when i want to log on, and i just click OK and go to the desktop. However, upon turning it on today nothing appears, i press enter and it says to enter a username and password, Cancel is greyed out and there is no 'X' button.
I can't for the life of me find the username and/or password and have no rememberance as to the username or password in my head (never needed to remember it).
Is there anyway i can get round it? BIOS changes? password hackers? I really am looking for anything that might work
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Jul 10, 2005
I forgot my password to my user account and it is the only account that shows up after booting up. Is there a way for me to access the operating system by not having to sign in to my user account?
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Aug 10, 2009
When I try to login in to IE and tell windows Xp to safe my user name & password. It will let me open IE but if I close it and reopen it. It asks for my user name & password again.
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Aug 19, 2005
I got Compaq Armada 1592 Its screen said password expired, enter old password, then the new password. I entered old password, tried all sorts of combinations of upper case, lower case I thought I could just bypass that screen and start as new user, but apparently
not.
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Aug 5, 2007
I ran the network setup wizard on both computers, when i go to 'view workgroup computers' and click on the one i want to connect to i am asked for a password, i tried the admin password and the password for the user that ran the wizard -- neither worked .
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Dec 27, 2005
For security reasons, Microsoft does not allow parents (computer administrators) to check on, maintain, adjust or otherwise enter their kids' (limited users) XP profiles without either resetting their passwords or waiting for them to come home and being confrontational about it.Ideally I would like to be able to log on to a limited user account from my administrator account without tampering with anyone's passwords-resetting them or otherwise. Actually, I have little interest in the (step) kids' personal life and stuff. Alternately, perhaps you may help me with my ultimate goal: limiting screensaver activity:
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Aug 31, 2005
Does anyone know the extension that windows uses when it saves a backup of user data when a user account is deleted in XP?
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Jun 11, 2009
Operating system: XP home.When creating a user account for my husband with limited access, I lost my user account as administrator. My guest account has also disappeared. I cannot download or do anything because of the limited access that my husband has. How do I get back/show my user account with administrator access?
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Sep 24, 2010
I'm trying to configute using Command Line (CMD) some local account configuration.
It must be configured by any standart windows command tools.
I need to configure the "Passworw Never Expires" option using the command line.
I had success by setting other options as "Account is disabled" and "User cannot change password". But this option is really making me sad.
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Jun 2, 2010
I am currently trying to set up a log in for xp where the user changes based upon only the password you enter. in other words there will only be one user and it will change based upon the password you enter. i also want to be able to tell who logged on and when.
for example say i setting up a business computer that 20 people will use but i don't want 20 accounts i only want one and each people will have a different password and based upon the password they enter i will be able to tell who downloaded what and installed what by knowing who logged on. thanks for the help
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Dec 29, 2005
I have just installed a linksys wireless router onto my desktop computer to add a wireless laptop and for some reason, when the User Logon screen comes up. The hand cursor never becomes a cursor for me to type in passowords to user accounts. I went into safe mode and then into control panel and deleted the passwords for each user acct and now I can get into the accounts but how can I add the passwords again and be able to type them in. We have 3 user accounts on this pc and would like to have them password protected.
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Jan 2, 2009
My Brother bought a used laptop from a stranger but it works and everything but the password. Here are more details: It's a Dell Inspiron 2100 and the operating system is windows 2000 professional. The laptop does not include a CD or Floppy drive but it has 1 USB port. now when my Brother bought the laptop we powered it on and it worked fine until a "Log On to Windows" box appear and you need to type a user name and password to log in but we don't have the password and we cannot contact the guy he bought the laptop from so what should we do?
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Nov 2, 2006
I am having some issues with trying to share files on my home network.My first questions is,are the names listed in user accounts, (in the control panel under user accounts) have to be the same as user profiles listed under my computer in order to share files on my home network?
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Jan 22, 2007
i have a windows xp home and i forgot my password and even if i boot it in safe mode i can not accses the computer.
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Dec 13, 2008
my mum is running XP with Tiscali broadband. More often than not, when she tries to connect she is asked for her password ( we have tried clicking remember password!) but then is told it is not recognised. After several tries worth of helpline phone calls they take her thru the whole setting up procedure again & she is connected.
A few days later the same thing happens again!
Is this a money making ploy by Tiscali? Or is there something ( virus?) that could be causing the password to become unrecognised?
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Feb 27, 2007
i forgot the password to the only account on the computer and I need to know how to get around it.
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Jul 27, 2005
i have lost Windows password. I don't know which version of Windows he has. Can anyone give me advise as to how he can access Windows again and then begin with a new password?
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Apr 17, 2010
My Dell pc runs Windows XP Home Edition. am unable to get into it because i forgot the password. Is there any way to circumvent the system temporarily so that I can log into the pc and assign new passwords to it?
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May 30, 2006
i have toshiba laptop and os is windows xp tell me how to go on with out the password?or to change it?
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Oct 26, 2008
Is there a way to recover a lost Windows login password???
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May 10, 2005
Is there a way to recover a lost Windows password? or how can I get in without knowing the password?
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Sep 4, 2010
i have Dell laptop with windows XP. Today it is asking for password and I don't even remember setting one up. Can't log in. Administrator also requires a password.
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Feb 28, 2010
I lost my windows logon password. How can I log on to my computer?
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Jan 22, 2005
How do I retrieve a lost password? When I attempt to set account info I get "error 0x80070005 access is denied. you do not have permission to perform the required operation." I am the administrator.
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Nov 16, 2005
i want to use the repair option on my xp cd. but it is askin for the administrator password but i forgot it. how can i retrieve it?
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Oct 16, 2007
I lost XP ADMIN PASSWORD, How do i reset?
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May 12, 2008
i have lost admin password i would like to reinstall windows XP but we can't because the operating diskettes we have are older than the updates that have been automated on the machine by microsoft. Can anyone help me decode the admin password or override it? Or help me find a way to reinstall windows xp ?
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Aug 13, 2005
I have just gotten my friends laptop to fix up. It's a pretty big mess. The thing is, he got it from this old school, and he needs administrative control as right now, he can do almost nothing. He cant contact the school, and I tried looking for some password resetting or something but nothing.I just searched through almost all 50 topics of the "I lost my administrative password" topics, hoping to find an answer, and I did, but now I need help with that. I downloaded the CD version from my computer, extracted it, and burned the .iso file onto the cd. I put in the cd in the laptop, and nothing happened. So I rebooted, and nothing happened. I tried to open it, but it doesnt work with anything, so now it opens with Notepad, which doesn't do anything.
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Apr 14, 2008
I lost the password to my administrator's account on our home computer. I called microsoft & they told me they could not help. Is there any way to reset the password on my computer?
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