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Old 10-21-2007   #1 (permalink)
Deborah


 
 

forgotten password

My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept her
password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but could not.
When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if I did it she would
lose all her email and other things. She just wants me to reset it. When
the window comes up about using a floppy disk or flash drive, we do not have
a floppy drive and I do not have a flash drive.
How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
--
Deborah

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-21-2007   #2 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP


 
 

Re: forgotten password

Deborah

If you are using an administrator account, you can simply change her
password.

Log on with your administrator account. Click Start and then click your
account picture at the top of the start menu.
This will open the User Accounts.
Click 'Manage another account'.
Select your Daughters account.
Click 'Change password'.
Enter the new password twice.
Click the 'Change Password' button.

Write the password down somewhere.
--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Deborah" <Deborah@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept her
> password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but could not.
> When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if I did it she
> would
> lose all her email and other things. She just wants me to reset it. When
> the window comes up about using a floppy disk or flash drive, we do not
> have
> a floppy drive and I do not have a flash drive.
> How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
> --
> Deborah
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-22-2007   #3 (permalink)
Kirk C.


 
 

RE: forgotten password

If you do not have a password reset disk, and you cannot change the password
in an administrator account, you will need to re-install windows.

"Deborah" wrote:
Quote:

> My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept her
> password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but could not.
> When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if I did it she would
> lose all her email and other things. She just wants me to reset it. When
> the window comes up about using a floppy disk or flash drive, we do not have
> a floppy drive and I do not have a flash drive.
> How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
> --
> Deborah
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-23-2007   #4 (permalink)
GreenieLeBrun


 
 

Re: forgotten password



Kirk C. wrote:
Quote:

> If you do not have a password reset disk, and you cannot change the
> password in an administrator account, you will need to re-install
> windows.
>
> "Deborah" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept
>> her password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but
>> could not. When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if
>> I did it she would lose all her email and other things. She just
>> wants me to reset it. When the window comes up about using a floppy
>> disk or flash drive, we do not have a floppy drive and I do not have
>> a flash drive.
>> How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
>> --
>> Deborah
Rubbish!

Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There you will find
zip files that will let you create boot floppy disks or bootable CDs
that will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class
operating system


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Old 10-25-2007   #5 (permalink)
ctacing


 
 

RE: forgotten password

im having the same problem how can i re-install windows by being in the
password part

"Kirk C." wrote:
Quote:

> If you do not have a password reset disk, and you cannot change the password
> in an administrator account, you will need to re-install windows.
>
> "Deborah" wrote:
>
Quote:

> > My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept her
> > password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but could not.
> > When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if I did it she would
> > lose all her email and other things. She just wants me to reset it. When
> > the window comes up about using a floppy disk or flash drive, we do not have
> > a floppy drive and I do not have a flash drive.
> > How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
> > --
> > Deborah
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-27-2007   #6 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: forgotten password

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
My daughter attempted to get online but the system would not accept her
password. She tried several times.....I even tried for her but could not.
When I was going to reset it under mine, it said that if I did it she would
lose all her email and other things. She just wants me to reset it. When
the window comes up about using a floppy disk or flash drive, we do not have
a floppy drive and I do not have a flash drive.
How do I reset her password and not lose her info? HELP!!
--
Deborah
Hi Deborah,

This tutorial will show you how to reset the password for a user account.

Reset User Account Password

Shawn
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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