My childs 6 or 7 yr. old comp. (xp) i was up dating it to give to her uncle becouse the cd drive stopped working and he could still us it as a internet comp. so i updated windows and restarted comp. after that it asked for password so it could log on. my child who has never loged the comp. off cant remember the password and theres no cd drives to reset comp. what do i do?

in some cases, administrators can use the back door method to gain access to windows and fix/modify the user accounts. simply reboot pc and hold down the f8 key after the initial bios tests complete. (sometimes, computer makers use a splash screen to hide the bios testing. so you may have to access your computer bios and disable the splash screen) in any case, when the windows diagnostic boot menu pops up, select safe mode and log in under the administrator user account. -- db`...><)))> ."Scott monty" wrote in message news:2296535c-539e-4ca8-8cca-b2f0866fb24d...My childs 6 or 7 yr. old comp. (xp) i was up dating it to give to her uncle becouse the cd drive stopped working and he could still us it as a internet comp. so i updated windows and restarted comp. after that it asked for password so it could log on. my child who has never loged the comp. off cant remember the password and theres no cd drives to reset comp. what do i do?db`...>-)))> `...>-)))> share the nirvana mann