My son has changed his windows xp pro log on password and now he can't remember it. Can anyone tell. me if its possible to by-pass this or what i should do to stop him nagging, other than locking him in the cupboard. lol.

pete, July 2013

or you can do what the crooks do,you can buy a password remover disc from the internet,i repair comps so I got the disc ,you just put it into the comp and it removes ALL passwords then you just put in your new password and make sure you remember it

talos, September 2013

Sory, but I can't take your word on the ownership. Even if you are totaly honest, other that may be less than honest could use this information to unlock stolen laptops.

If there are more than one accounts, log into another one for whitch you still remember the password. Make sure that the alternative account have admistrative privileges.

From an administrative account, you can reset the password for any other account.

If you don't have any alternative account set, you need to go to some computer shop with some solid proof that it's realy your computer.
If the computer is to old and you no longer have the receipt, a list of some content may do the trick, but that content can't be obvious in any way.
They can then do a password reset.
It will cost you some $.

Now, whenever you change the password in the future, it's a good idea to keep some record of the new password in a secure place that's NOT just next to where the computer is normaly used.

Electro, July 2013