ok I know this is doable because we used to do it at my training centre…out of spight but I forgot…
Someone I know changed there password on windows xp and forgot it…now from what I understand they made another account that was admin but have also forgotten that… now what we used to do involved booting into safe mode and some twiddly things with cmd…now I ws wondering if some of you very clever ppl could remind me of how to do it… Now I know its not such a good thing to voice the way to everyone…So I was wondering if you could pm me the way !!
I personally have used the following method numerous times…
Start a normal Windows install from CD, when get to setup now press ENTER not ‘R’ for repair. Select the XP install and press r to repair. Go cool down
After the first reboot - the copying files bit, keep an eye on lower left of screen until “Installing Devices”, then press shift and F10. One nice security hole
At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. You can also use ‘control userpasswords2’ tp make changes to the logon types. Repair will complete and all settings remain intact.
hum i take it your useing a DELL Restore disk and not a XP Install disk if so things can be bit harder to do as most time that dosent do an install but more of a restore of a disk image . i know when i had that with my old HP there was a way to do it . but was such a pain i went out bought a win 98 se disk just to not have truble myself with the restore disk.
