[guidopat]

i believe i have a similar concern. my teenage son set up a password for himself as the administrator over a year ago. when i had a problem logging on, he turned the password protection feature off. the other morning, with no apparent reason, it began asking for the password again. now he can't remember it and i don't know where i wrote it down. are my only options to download the operating program again?

[blues_harp28]

Hi and welcome to TSG.
A reinstall would be your only option.
You will need an original install Cd..any sort of download would be illegal.

http://www.techguy.org/rules.html
"Passwords - Please do not ask for assistance with forgotten passwords and/or bypassing them. As there is no way to verify the actual situation and/or intentions, no assistance will be provided and any such threads will be closed."

[guidopat]

thank you, i do believe i have the original install cd with registration #, etc.
are there instructions on how to install? how do i get around the initial screen asking for the password to perform a re-install?

[blues_harp28]

Check suggestions here.
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_sg_clean.asp

[Cookiegal]

Closing thread since we cannot help with passwords as already stated.