Hey, I don%26#039;t mean the log in password, but the actual password for when you%26#039;re starting up the computer. My mom put it on there and it%26#039;s just really inconvenient, especially since that%26#039;s where I get nearly all my flute music :/ How do I change it or change it to no password when I don%26#039;t know the current password?
If you can tell me this, THANK YOU SO MUCH!|||This should help you:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/chgpassxp.htm|||Windows password, or Hard Drive password?
Windows: When you login to your windows account, go to start.control panel. accounts.select the account, and click change password
Hard drive password, is part of BIOS, and you need to hit F1 or F2 to enter startup, you might need the password for that. Then goto security tab, or something.|||If it%26#039;s NOT the login password, then I%26#039;m assuming it%26#039;s the password for the bios?
I don%26#039;t know if you understand that or not, if that%26#039;s the case, see if you can get into the bios before the password comes up|||BIOS password?
What we need to do is to power off computer, open the computer box, and then unplug the power plug of the computer to make sure that it is no electricity at all. Then locate the white silver button battery on the motherboard. Remove the battery carefully. Perhaps 30 seconds later, put back the battery.|||1. Login to a computer that can link to Internet. Download windows Password key 8.0 and install it on that PC. Note that: there is a .ISO file. Burn the .ISO file to a CD or a USB flash drive.
2. Insert the newly created CD/USB drive to the locked computer.
3. Reboot the locked computer and press%26#039;F2%26#039;or%26#039;Delete%26#039;to enter your BIOS setup and then followed the process of instructions. Just a few steps, the old password was removed.
Hope that can help you!|||You can try this wonderful Windows XP Password recovery software which named Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 . Please follow next steps to remove Windows XP login password. It is easy to use, even if you are a tyro.
Before starting, please prepare a blank CD/DVD and a computer with CD driver.
Only four steps can help you reset the lost Windows XP password:
* %26gt;%26gt; Step 1: Download Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0
* %26gt;%26gt; Step 2: Burn bootable CD/DVD
* %26gt;%26gt; Step 3: BIOS setting
* %26gt;%26gt; Step 4: Reset Windows XP password|||1.Using Control Panel
You can also open control panel by Start 鈥?gt; Run 鈥?gt; control. This will open Control Panel.
Select the user for which you want to change the password and select Change my password.
2.Using Ctrl+Alt+Delete
If your press Ctrl+Alt+Del when you are logged onto your Windows XP machine, it will show you the classic security options.
3.Using Command Prompt
go to Run 鈥?gt; cmd.
Command prompt will open. Use the following commands to change the password:
net user username password /domain
Replace username with the original username and password with the new password you want to assign to that user. /domain is optional. If you are in a domain environment, specify the domain name otherwise, if you鈥檙e using a local user, leave /domain. If I want to change the password of user Sanix to 12345. I will issue the following command at command prompt:
net user Sanix 12345
It will change the password of the user Sanix to 12345.
4.Using Control userpasswords2
go to Start 鈥?gt; Run 鈥?gt; control userpasswords2
This will open the classic user accounts management window. Select any user and select reset password.
5.Using Computer Management Console
right click My Computer 鈥?gt; Manage 鈥?gt; Local Users And Groups 鈥?gt; Users
Right click the username for which you want to change the password and select Reset Password
read more:http://www.blog.recoverlostpassword.com/how-to-change-password-of-users-in-windows-xp/
Source(s):
if you are locked out by your computer and can%26#039;t change the password,check this out:
http://www.recoverlostpassword.com/products/windowspasswordrecoery.html
