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How to Remove a Forgotten Password on Windows XP

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Summary: Remove a forgotten Windows password by going to Start on the computer, right clicking on My Computer, selecting Local Users and Groups and choosing Users. Follow instructions to take off a forgotten Windows computer password and reset it for security purposes with tips from an IT and computer specialist in this free video on computer technology.

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Robert Vicencio has worked in information technology (IT) for over 15 years. He started out as a desktop engineer, became a systems engineer, a project manager, and now an IT manager....read more

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"Hi, I'm Robert, and today we'll show you how to remove forgotten passwords from Windows XP. Windows XP is a trademark of Microsoft, and I am not in any way affiliated with Microsoft. If you forget your passwords in Windows XP, or if you just want to remove the password, for the, for that user, what you need to do is go to Start, My Computer. Right click on My Computer. Go to Manage. Under Computer Management, look for Local Users and Groups. Click on, on Local Users and Groups, and go to Users. Under Users, select the account that you forgot the password on. Let's a, for this case, let's say Guest is the account. Right click on Guest, select Set Password. It will give you a warning, when, when you do this, re-setting the password could, it's possible that you might loose some of the informations on that account. But if you don't have a choice, in the end you, you need to access it, the only thing you can do is really proceed at this point. At this time, you will see a prompt that says new password, type in the new password, confirm the password, and click OK. The password has been set, now you're good to go."

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