Password no longer works. dony45 4/19/2007 12:46:02 AM My computer froze and I had no choice but to shut it down which I have done in the past. But this time when the password window came up it would not accept my password which is correct since I have been using it for two years. I do not have a reset disk. Something happened during the shut down which corrupted my password. How can I get into my computer. It is a stand alone computer.

Re: Password no longer works. Jud Hendrix <none[ at ]none.com> 4/19/2007 6:41:10 AM On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:46:02 -0700, dony45 <dony45[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: I think there is a way of deleting a few files which contain the passwords (*.sam files if I remember correctly). If you are the only user it's ok I guess, but you could make it inaccesible for other users (meaning they can't get to their data). jud

RE: Password no longer works. Carlos 4/19/2007 5:18:03 PM Dony: You might try pressing F8 during boot and access to the menu of boot options. Try selecting "Last Known Good Configuration". Maybe that restores you to the previous password state. Carlos "dony45" wrote: [Quoted Text] > My computer froze and I had no choice but to shut it down which I have done > in the past. But this time when the password window came up it would not > accept my password which is correct since I have been using it for two years. > I do not have a reset disk. Something happened during the shut down which > corrupted my password. How can I get into my computer. It is a stand alone > computer.