Saturday, May 2, 2009

How to Delete Someone's Windows Password

Do you want access to another user's account on the same computer you use, but their account is password protected? Follow this guide to remove their password

1. Login to Windows on your own account, or your family's account.
2. Click on the Start button.
3. Open your Control Panel. This is located either directly inside the start menu, or under "Settings" -> "Control Panel".
4. Open User Accounts. Double click on the icon in the Control Panel, or select it from the Control Panel menu.
5. Select the account you want to access.
6. Click on Remove Password. Depending upon your version of Windows, this is either a button or inside of a right-click menu.
7. Log off of the current account.
8. Login to the account with the removed password.
Tips
· This guide is only for Windows 2000/XP.
· This will only work if your account has admin privileges, and only if your PC does not login to a domain.
Warnings
· The other user will know that something happened, since their account will no longer require a password. You can add a password to their account, but if you don't know what their existing password was, it will block their access to the system. Avoid getting caught

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