JSKY Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Password Restore Disk: XP's Forgotten Password Wizard, your conscience will be free and clear should your mind happen to accidentally misplace your user password. Here's how to launch the Forgotten Password Wizard to create your very own password recovery disk. 1. Click Start menu, Control Panel, and User Accounts. 2. Click your user account name. 3. Under Related Tasks on the left, click "Prevent forgotten password" to launch the wizard. Now that you've launched the wizard, let it walk you through creating the recovery disk. Make sure the disk you use is formatted and in the drive. After it's finished creating the disk, label it and stash it away for an emergency. If you happen to forget your password, all you need to do is click your user icon at the logon screen. Even though you don't have your password, go ahead and click the green arrow just like you would to finish logging on to your computer. This will launch a little yellow dialog box directing you to use your password recovery disk. Don't lose the disk, however, or you're out of luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vile_DR Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 I have never had a problem with this, but I'll make sure to pass this onto my "noobie" computer friends and parents...Thanks Jsky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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