Someone else said something about this page... This is a "before the fact"
procedure...  "After" you are locked out it is too late to log-on and make
the re-set disk...

I had this problem early on...  I know all I had to do was log on with "any"
admin user account and reset the password on the other user(s)...
Mine is Win-XP-PRO-OEM-(full)

The only place this "might" not work is the "REAL" actual ADMINISTRATOR
(hidden) account...  To see what I mean by hidden, run the Microsoft MBSA
(Baseline Security Analyzer) and see how many "hidden" users you actually have...
(You might be surprised..)
MBSA is in the Security Resource Kit, or at www.Microsoft.com/security

The original poster needs to determine if the problem was correctly stated...
I'm thinking something got "lost" in the translation...

                                Rick Glazier

From: "Brad Loomis" <[log in to unmask]>

> Rick is correct in that a BIOS password will keep you from booting, but if
> it is indeed the XP password take a look at this KB article
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305478 Those that
> don't already know, Microsoft dropped the Q as a part of the numbering
> system for their KB articles. Had to do with multilanguage support. Now you
> just use the number.

 Rick Glazier
> Not booting is different. That is the BIOS password.
>
> If it really is a WinXP password, they should get at least to
> the Password screen or the Welcome (password) screen.

> From: "Ken Shearer" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > While servicing one of my corporate clients the other day, an employee
> came up to me and explained that her kids had changed the Windows login
> password on her laptop which runs XP.  Now she is unable to even boot the
> machine.

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