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Solved: forgot xp user password

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#1 ·
Hello everyone,
I hope that you can help me.
My friend has forgotten his user password to log onto his XP system. His memory isn't very good and he just can't remember.
Is there any way to log onto this computer, as his wife runs a business and there is information in it she needs. Formatting it isn't an option at this time.

Thanking you in advance for all your help,
Nettie
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#2 ·
There is only one thing you can do in this situation, nettie. When your friends XP user account was created, he had a choice to "protect" his "personal files." What you can do though, is boot up the computer in safe mode (repeatedly hit F8 while booting), and log in as the Administrator. The only catch here though is that you need to know the Administrator's password. If it's an early installation of XP, the password might be blank. Beyond that, you are out of luck. Sorry.

-Wes
 
#8 ·
i believe it was solved by going into safe mode and logging in as administrator then resetting the password via user accounts. With the admin account probably having no password
 
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