Microsoft KB Archive/894901

= Forgotten your Windows XP Home password? - Part 2: Using a password reset disk =

Article ID: 894901

Article Last Modified on 4/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

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SUMMARY
This article is Part 2 of the Forgotten your Windows XP Home password? guide. This part explains how to use a password reset disk.

Note To view the other topics of the Forgotten your Windows XP Home password? guide, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that are listed in the &quot;References&quot; section.

The Forgotten your Windows XP Home password? guide includes the following topics: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Using a password reset disk Part 3: Setting a new password as an administrator



MORE INFORMATION
Ideally, you would create a password reset disk for your user account at the earliest opportunity. If you have a password reset disk, you can use the Password Reset Wizard to decrypt the forgotten password and to enter a new password. Password reset disks are easy to create.

How to use the password reset disk
 Microsoft Windows remembers if you have created a password reset disk. Just click use your password reset disk.



 Click Next.



 Insert the password reset disk in the disk drive, and then click Next.



 Enter a new password, enter it again to confirm it, and then, optionally, set a password hint.



 Click Next, and then click Finish.



 Log on by using the new password.</ol>

How to create a password reset disk
<ol> Click Start, and then click Control Panel.</li> Double-click User Accounts.



</li> Click your user account, and then click Prevent a forgotten password. The Forgotten Password Wizard starts.





</li> Click Next.



</li> Insert a blank disk in the disk drive, and then click Next.



</li> Type your current password, and then click Next.



</li> When the disk is created, click Next, and then click Finish.





</li></ol>

Note
A password reset disk is valid until you create a new one. It is valid even if you change your password. Therefore, take good care of your disk. If you ever misplace the disk, create a new one as soon as possible. Because the old disk is no longer valid as soon as a new disk has been created, the old disk cannot be used inappropriately by someone else.



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