I currently do not remember my password for my old laptop. I have tried to recover it in safe mode, but safe mode isnt working. What are my other options?2 people need an answerI do too

If you have XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen, do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in "Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows. If you have XP Home then you have a choice: 1. Fix the issue with Safe Mode because that is the only way to access the built-in Administrator from Windows in XP Home. Machines that are heavily infected often can't get into Safe Mode. Sometimes a clean machine with an early version of Nero's InCD exhibited that symptom. Since you didn't give details about the machine, that's as specific as I can get. If you know that the computer is severely infected, do Item #2. 2. Do a factory restore and start over. 3. There are ways to change the password for that account to a blank. Microsoft doesn't permit us to tell you how in these forums. Their house, their rules. Use Google or ask a local computer tech (not a BigComputerStore/GeekSquad type of place).MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!