Guest Lavert Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Using a Toshiba Laptop. Login in requires a password. Running Windows XP Home Edition. After input of password screens returns incorrect password. Need help as soon as possible. Daughter's laptop needed for school. She is in Athens Ga attending University of Georgia. Thanks in advance. -- Lavert Bryant Powder Springs Ga 30127-6975
Guest Malke Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Re: Windows Password Lavert wrote: > Using a Toshiba Laptop. Login in requires a password. Running Windows XP > Home Edition. After input of password screens returns incorrect password. > Need help as soon > as possible. Daughter's laptop needed for school. She is in Athens Ga > attending University of Georgia. Thanks in advance. > > I assume you mean the Windows password and not a BIOS password. If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account with administrative privileges you can log into that account and change your original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or don't have the password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in Administrator account. 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. 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. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that you will remember and make other desired changes. WRITE THE PASSWORDS DOWN AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE YOU WON'T LOSE THEM. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest Alias Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Re: Windows Password Lavert wrote: > Using a Toshiba Laptop. Login in requires a password. Running Windows XP > Home Edition. After input of password screens returns incorrect password. > Need help as soon > as possible. Daughter's laptop needed for school. She is in Athens Ga > attending University of Georgia. Thanks in advance. > > Are your CAPS on when you try? Are you sure you are inputing the right password? Alias
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