XP Password not working - no administrator account

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Hi All

I haven't used my laptop for a while and I've gone to log onto it this morning (I'm trying to sell it) and it won't accept my password. The blue screen with the user account comes up, I click into it, and it says my password is incorrect. My account is the only one on the computer and as I can't get past this screen I can't access the computer at all.

I also don't have an XP boot disk for the laptop so can't reinstall windows - am I in serious trouble? Any advice greatly appreciated...I'm getting desperate!

PS: It's a HP DV2000.

Anti

When the laptop is booting up tap f8. This will load the laptop into safe mode. Once you get in under the default administrator account go into the control panel and into the users part. Setup a new account without a password so you can use the laptop normaly. Also, try and delete the password for your old account when in there.

IF that fails, get onto hp for a boot disk.

Earth Worm Jim

If you can get your hands on an ERD (emergency repair disc) use that to boot the machine and there is a tool on it called lock keeper for changing passwords.

mukki

if you can't get in as admin from anti's post....

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

tman

Anti wrote:

When the laptop is booting up tap f8. This will load the laptop into safe mode.

Or just press ctrl+alt+del twice on the welcome screen to enable access to the admin account, then reset password as suggested

mukki

tman wrote:

Or just press ctrl+alt+del twice on the welcome screen to enable access to the admin account, then reset password as suggested

wow, you learn something new.....