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I have a friend who's running WinXP (home edition, on a refurbished Everet)
who committed a typo resetting the welcome screen password and now can't
gain access to her desktop.

Is there any way to get around that mistake, other than frantic trial-and-
error or restoring the OS?

Thank you for taking the time.

Marko

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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:39:53 GMT, Marko <> wrote:

>I have a friend who's running WinXP (home edition, on a refurbished Everet)
>who committed a typo resetting the welcome screen password and now can't
>gain access to her desktop.
>
>Is there any way to get around that mistake, other than frantic trial-and-
>error or restoring the OS?
>
>Thank you for taking the time.
>
>Marko
What did you get when you typed "xp home screen password reset"?
You need to learn how to help yourself.

Marko <> wrote:

>I have a friend who's running WinXP (home edition, on a refurbished Everet)
>who committed a typo resetting the welcome screen password and now can't
>gain access to her desktop.
>
>Is there any way to get around that mistake, other than frantic trial-and-
>error or restoring the OS?

At the user prompt type in:
administrator
for password just press ENTER

if you get in go to control panel/user accounts and get a new password
for the account you messed up. Leave the admin account as is.

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"Marko" <> wrote in message
news:dceJi.137$1z3.41@trndny02...
>I have a friend who's running WinXP (home edition, on a refurbished
>Everet)
> who committed a typo resetting the welcome screen password and now
> can't
> gain access to her desktop.
>
> Is there any way to get around that mistake, other than frantic
> trial-and-
> error or restoring the OS?
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305

Then why is this newsgroup in existence?

Larry

"who'sthat" <who'sthat@don'tknow.com> wrote in message
news:...
: On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:39:53 GMT, Marko <> wrote:
:
: >I have a friend who's running WinXP (home edition, on a refurbished
Everet)
: >who committed a typo resetting the welcome screen password and now can't
: >gain access to her desktop.
: >
: >Is there any way to get around that mistake, other than frantic
trial-and-
: >error or restoring the OS?
: >
: >Thank you for taking the time.
: >
: >Marko
: What did you get when you typed "xp home screen password reset"?
: You need to learn how to help yourself.



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Larry wrote:
> Then why is this newsgroup in existence?

1. It's a tax write off for the cabal [tinc].

2. http://blinkynet.net/comp/toppost.html

> Larry
>
> "who'sthat" <who'sthat@don'tknow.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>: On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:39:53 GMT, Marko <> wrote:
>:
>: >I have a friend who's running WinXP (home edition, on a refurbished
> Everet)
>: >who committed a typo resetting the welcome screen password and now can't
>: >gain access to her desktop.
>: >
>: >Is there any way to get around that mistake, other than frantic
> trial-and-
>: >error or restoring the OS?
>: >
>: >Thank you for taking the time.
>: >
>: >Marko
>: What did you get when you typed "xp home screen password reset"?
>: You need to learn how to help yourself.


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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:49:48 -0600, "Larry" <>
wrote:

>Then why is this newsgroup in existence?
>
>Larry
>
>"who'sthat" <who'sthat@don'tknow.com> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>: On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:39:53 GMT, Marko <> wrote:
>:
>: >I have a friend who's running WinXP (home edition, on a refurbished
>Everet)
>: >who committed a typo resetting the welcome screen password and now can't
>: >gain access to her desktop.
>: >
>: >Is there any way to get around that mistake, other than frantic
>trial-and-
>: >error or restoring the OS?
>: >
>: >Thank you for taking the time.
>: >
>: >Marko
>: What did you get when you typed "xp home screen password reset"?
>: You need to learn how to help yourself.

So you can learn how to help yourself.

"meerkat" <> wrote in news:FJeJi.8435$HW.8066@newsfe3-
gui.ntli.net:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305

Thanks very much, meerkat. Gracias. Obrigato. Hse-hse. Etc.

Marko

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