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#1 teflach

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:05 AM

My 6 year old nephew has set a password on my father's desktop computer and we cannot log on. He has Windows XP.
It will not let you
log on as a guest either.

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#2 ElfBane

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:17 AM

You can use the program "ophcrack". Here's the link... http://mintywhite.co...assword-how-to/ .

Good Luck!

#3 Dellinsp531

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:01 AM

If you start the computer in safe mode, than you can log in to admin account. From there, you will be able to change the password.

There is a pcworld article about it:
http://www.pcworld.c...a_password.html

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