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Join Date: Jan 2004

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Locked out of account

Jan 26th, 2004

Hey guys new to the site so go easy on me....

My brother is a retard. I went to the bathroom and he changed my account from admin to normal and changed my password. Is there a wa to get n without deleting my stuff or reinstalling xp/

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Join Date: Feb 2002

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Re: Locked out of account

Jan 26th, 2004

Hey ... the only way I could think is if by some chance you have a separate Administrator account or some other account with administrative access. :/

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Join Date: Jan 2004

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Re: Locked out of account

Jan 26th, 2004

If you start the computer in safe mode you should be able to login using the default administrator account. The pass will be blank unless you changed it.