my kid brother locked himself out of win xp and forgott the password. how can he overide this?

Answer 1

Log in as Administrator and change his password? Of course, you need that password.

I recommend that families NOT use passwords on a shared computer. It makes maintenance and monitoring more difficult.

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Answer 2

Well this one will atually work but be careful to follow these steps closely OK let's start---
1.) First if you have another account other than the system administrator and you can bring up the Windows command Shell which is cmd.exe then your ready.

2.) To open cmd.exe just click on the Start button and click RUN
type cmd.exe once you've done that then your in.

3.) go to the system root directory by typing "cd\" without the quotes, next type "cd\windows\system32\" OR "cd\winnt\system32"
depending on where the Windows [stuff] are located.

4.) once you see system32 at the end of the command line. (warning! here comes the hard part).

5.) start by typing "mkdir tempdir" without the qoutes press enter
next type "copy logon.scr tempdir\logon.scr" also "copy cmd.exe tempdir\cmd.exe" again no quotes, press enter after each line
(type help to understand what you are doing)

6.) next "del logon.scr" deletes original logon.scr

7.) next "rename cmd.exe logon.scr" renames cmd.exe to logon.scr

8.)"exit" quits dos

9.)Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program
and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the
screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.
Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes
"net user password"
If the Administrator Account is called Frank and you want the password *SHEET* enter this
"net user Frank SHEET"

10.) and this changes the password on franks machine to *SHEET* and your in.
p.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracks

11.) Now log off the machine, logon.scr is the screen saver that will kick in after 15 minutes of not touching the keyboard/mouse at the logon screen. Wait 15-20 minutes and a DOS prompt with FULL SYSTEM rights will pop up, then just to
C:\> net user administrator
and then log in with the new account.
Try this, might work, as long as he didn't change default permissions on C:\winnt and C:\winnt\system32 you should be golden.

Best Answer?

Answer 3

Turn on your computer and some how get to start up options - u do this by like clicking F12 or F10 depends on what it tells you when the manufacturer logo appears.

Select start up in "Safe Mode"

When the computer loads up in safe mode, you will see that there is a new user account called "Administrator". This will have no password but has limited features designed to fix problems.

Under safe mode administrator, go to Start >>> Control Panel>>> user accounts>>> and go to your account and REMOVE PASSWORD.

Then all you do is restart normally, log on to your account w/no password, and make a new one!!!

Answer 4

Even if the computer only has one account, there is still a built in administrator account. You would have to type in administrator and password (if any) and then reset the account (XP pro) using the UserGroups/Users window and then reset the password.

Home office you can just simply resest the password and the account should be accessible.

Answer 5

First of all, is it a computer that has more than one account, because if it is then i can help you. I f it is a coumputer where you have more than one account go to another acount that is an administrator then go to control panel then user accounts then click the acount he is locked out of and then click remove password. But if it his laptop or whatever and there is only one computer than i don't know what to say

Answer 6

u need to boot the compuer in safe mode. When it boots, u have to press an F key. sometimes F10 or F12, even F8. Could be any one of em actually. Justg push the button Hold the button when comuter is turned on, boot into safe mode, then Edit your user accounts

Answer 7

In the main login screen , click < ctrl+alt+del > two times ... you will get a window login .. on the user name write
and then enter ... then go to control panel, user accounts .. and then click on the user you forgot it's password .. and click on

Answer 8

in case you attempt to get right of entry to the abode windows restoration Console of an abode windows XP CD and it rather is calling you for an administrator password, you additionally can attempt to pass away it clean and in basic terms push enter. each and every so often the administrator password is clean and you in basic terms could push enter to get right of entry to the restoration console.

Answer 9

Sign in on the administrator account, and change his password.

Answer 10

boot up the pc in safe mode. this will allow you to log in under the administrator's account. go to start- control panel- switch to category view (only if your in classic view)- user accounts-his name- create a password

hope this helps
jake