Do you have another administrator or power user account on the system that you can log into? If so change the password using the second account. Is this computer part of a domain? Or is this a standalone workstation. -----Original Message----- From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Abel Celestin Jr. Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 4:39 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PCBUILD] windows xp password forgotten!!!! A friend has somehow changed their password during windows xp log on. after repaeted attempts to log in , changing from caps to lower case we were unsucessful in getting thru, is there away to by pass this to reset or do i have to reinstall windows xp? Abel Celestin Jr Select Solutions PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>