John, Get a free copy of RockXP from Snapfiles and it will search-out XP Pro for its passwords and product key codes for you. Then you can rebuild a password to anything you want. If you want some more info on this have a look at www.techtv.com they covered this problem and more in quite some detail. Hope this helps. Bill William H. Rayburn, CET NESDA Member Premium Technologies PO Box 442 Long Beach, Wa. 98631 (360) 642-4993 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John @ Myers TV" <myers_tv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:07 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP password question HA! HA! Very Funny Doug! I'll wipe it, and install 98SE first. John Myers Myers TV Service Since 1984 Alliance, OH ph 330-821-6545 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 2:05 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP password question > Yeah, spend $300 and you'll get your OWN password! *laughs* > > Doug Keller > Wis-Kel Electronics > 101 Freeland Ave. > Terra Alta, WV > USA 26764 > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.tech-assist.org > "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > > > > > John @ Myers TV wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I picked up a Gateway laptop at a garage sale a couple weeks ago. > >The price? $3.00. I have no doubt that the seller was the original user, > >just in case anyone is wondering. > > > >It was an easy repair, but now I am faced with forever logging in as a > >guest, unless I can reset the Windows XP Pro password. > > > >Any ideas? > > > >John Myers > >Myers TV Service Since 1984 > >Alliance, OH > >ph 330-821-6545 > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > >Lost Password: > >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >Email Archives: > >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/