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Gandalf_Grey_
Mar 26th, 2002, 07:55 AM
uh ok last night i did something not too smart i accidentally disabled the guest account on my computer, now first let me explain a little background. when i installed XP, i had to put an administrator password on my computer, however i just made a guest account with administrator access that didn't have a password. Last night i accidentally disabled the guest account, now i get a login screen and i don't know my password, is there any way to get arount passwords in XP professional, any override passwords, anything? at last resort i can get my important data back (what i don't already have backed up) by just installing windows and NOT formatting. if i had decided to go with a fat32 file system i could have mounted my windows partition and accessed it from linux, however i decided to try out NTFS :rolleyes:. Anyways, if it is possible to have an override password for this and you know it i will be greately appreciative, anyways i am off to browse through some security sites.

Gimlin
Mar 26th, 2002, 08:02 AM
Since you just changed it. When windows is loading restart your computer then go to "Last settings that worked" it might restore the guess account. Best thing I can think of. Good Luck :)

Gandalf_Grey_
Mar 26th, 2002, 08:09 AM
nope already tried that, according to XP the last settings that worked included a disabled guest account.

Gimlin
Mar 26th, 2002, 08:44 AM
Ok I have looked around and apparantly there is a file on the XP disc called NTAccess here is the link to the site with more infomation http://www.mirider.com/ntacces3.html. Good Luck :)