Alright, so my friend has a problem. His mom put a password on his windows xp account. There is no guest account or secondary account. He doesn’t have another computer or anything, so he can’t download and rip any sort of software from the internet to a CD. Is there a way for him to log in without changing the password?
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Aug/10
Yeah… There is a solution. When you just start the computer, keep pressing F8 till you see a screen which shows other booting options. Choose ‘Safe Mood’. (Note: do not chose Safe Mood with Networking)
When it reaches the Account Screen (also called Welcome Screen), choose administrator and log in. There, open control panel and open User Accounts. On that guy’s account, you can remove the password without entering it. That’s how I did it when I was small.
Hope I helped him…
there is a way for your friend to login without changing the pass but creating another account, and it is by going through Safe Mode..
reboot his machine..
press f8 before the windows boot screen appears..
select the Start Windows in Safe Mode option..
click through several self-explanatory screens until he reach the familiar “Welcome” screen.
find the icon for the admin user..
and then login as the admin..
press yes at the prompt asking if you would like to continue using Safe Mode..
continue on to the user settings control panel…
here he can change any of the other passwords for user on the machine or create another account..
now make any changes he wants..
and finally, you can now reboot the machine normally again..