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QUESTION POSED ON: 03 October 2005
I have a unit with Windows Professional 2000. In a teen group home, one of the clients set up a user name and password, which he claims to have forgotten. How do I gain access to this unit?

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If you still have administrator access, you can simply go to Setting --> Control Panel --> Users and Passwords and reset this particular account's password. If you don't have administrator access, check out NTAccess for a solution to get back into the system.



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