I have Windows XP Home Edition and I forgot my password on the Administrator account. I have no other admin accounts set up. Will my password reset if I do a System Restore? I hate to do anything that shuts down the computer because I'm afraid of not being able to get on it again. Terribly afraid to try booting the system to safe mode as suggested by someone...Please help!1 person needs an answerI do too

To do a System Restore, you must be logged in as an Administrator. When you do this, it will restore passwords to the state they were in at the time of the restore backup. If you happen to be logged in currently as the Administrator and have forgotten the password, you can reset it as shown here:"Forgotten your Windows XP Home password? - Part 3: Setting a new password as an administrator" < http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894902 >Another article that has helpful information is the following:"Microsoft policy about lost or forgotten passwords" < http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189126 >HTH, JW

Before you answered, I was afraid of losing access to my computer. I added another user account as an administrator. Unfortunately, while I stepped out of the room, the screen saver kicked in, and now I don't have access to the original administrator account, as it asks for the password to log in to this user account.I didn't forget what the password was, as I was changing it, the computer froze up. I escaped out of the screen but was unaware that the password change process was messed up. Amazingly, my son logged in using the old password, but now it won't accept either password.If I follow the directions on the first link above, can I still access the original administrator account? I can access the internet through the new user account, but I really need access to the files on the original account. (Of course they were protected from the other user access.)Thanks for the help.NAP

If you can log into the new user account and the new user has administrator privilege, then that account should be able to reset the original administrator account as in KB894902 above. The quick way to determine if it has administrator privilege is to right-click on "Start". If one of the choices that pops up is "Open All Users", then you do have administrator privilege.With administrator privilege, you might be able to directly access the files in the old account. If not, you could simply take ownership of these files and get access that way. "How to take ownership of a file or a folder in Windows XP" < http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421 >HTH, JW