MommaBobbi wrote:
> When I enter my login info at initial Windows login in screen, it's not
> recognizing the user/password as correct? I don't have the Windows XP CD
> as it was loaded when I received it.
>
> Can I connect it to my PC and overwrite with my PCs Windows XP? If so,
> how?
If you have forgotten your password or otherwise can't log in, 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.
In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen, do
Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows.
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
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