"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D06A3804-16CB-407E-AC1C-8F8A120C9B2E@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> my sister has deleted a user profile on her daughetr's laptop under XP (
> using config panel -> users -> delete user "daughter-name"). Now that was
> the
> only user on that pc except Windows own ones.
> But !! no one knows pasword for user Administrator ! So cannot log onto pc
> now.
> Is there a default one that she could try ?
>
> If no, how can she get back to that pc and gain access to the data ? As
> far
> as I know these data are not encrypted in any way by windows, but are
> almost
> surely stored in the c:\.....\daughter-name\.... folders.
>
> Any help more than greatly appreciated ! I live in 250 km distance from
> her,
> so can only tele-help, so concise and clear instructions needed since she
> is
> absoluteley not computer litterate ( she only wanted to automatically log
> onto the computer !!!)
>
> TIA TIA for help !
>

By default the built in administrator account password is blank (as in no
password).