Need help

[Bavaria]

Ok i cant log in into my win XP, i forgot my pass, iv been on my PC for like 45 min and nothing, im at my college now, does anyone have any ideas other than formating the sucker ?

[Jim .E.]

do you remember the administrative password (if you set one) jus type it in and you can change your old password again

[Bavaria]

whats a administtrative passwords?

[Harry]

reboot your pc while hitting F5. This should bring up safe mode with the option to log in as either the administrator or any other account on there. Assuming u haven't put a pass on the admin, then u should be able to access that and go into the user profiles and edit your pass.

[Bavaria]

i hope that works man.....ill give it a go

[Bavaria]

ok i did the F5 thing but it asked for a password again, i donno man, u guys have anymore ideas?

[Harry]

did it give u an option to get into the admin side? or just your normal user account?

If u cant get into the admin side you're screwed.

EDIT: Maybe not, u may be able to repair the OS and retrieve your data with your winxp cd.

[Bavaria]

hence i am screwed!

[Jim .E.]

how is your hard drive set up....whats your partitions?

[///Milk]

There's a way to get back into your comp by unhookin this one chip or something
not sure if it works
check your owners manual should help

[Jim .E.]

um i wouldnt suggest that approach!

[Jim .E.]

if your drive is set with reasonable partitions (i.e. one part of the drive is your operating system and the other is your data) then just format the O/S portion and reinstall XP

[Harry]

Originally posted by ///Milk
There's a way to get back into your comp by unhookin this one chip or something
not sure if it works
check your owners manual should help

You are referring to a supervisors password in the bios whihc does not affect XP.