"Merlin" <Merlin@noway.com> wrote in message
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> "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).

.... but if an administrator password has been set, then simply delete it.

to do this you need to visit

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordah/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

This provides you with an image of a bootable CD (that you need to create on
another machine).

Boot it on your laptop, and follow the prompts (delete the password, don't
attempt to create another one - it won't work).