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Posted by Malke on April 17, 2006, 9:42 pm
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frazzled mom wrote:
> i recently bought a used computer from a computer refurbisher and
> locked myself out of the administrator accounts. How can I access the
> built in administrator? Is it possible to get around it to be able to
> install products and software?
I'm not sure what the fact that this is a used computer has to do with
anything. In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by
repeatedly tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will
get you to the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse
will not work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
Administrator account. The default password is a blank.
In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
Windows.
If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or
have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the
built-in Administrator account's password to a blank. Then go to the
User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that you will
remember and make other desired changes.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Malke
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