I set up 2 users on my PC at home, both users as Administrators.  I think I

left the password fields blank but am not really sure.  Is there a way I can

tell if either of these Administrator User Accounts has a password?

OneDavy wrote:



> I set up 2 users on my PC at home, both users as Administrators.  I think I

> left the password fields blank but am not really sure.  Is there a way I can

> tell if either of these Administrator User Accounts has a password?



Try logging in as each of the users while leaving the password field blank.



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Hi,



If you're not prompted for a password when you click on your name at logon,

then you have not created a password for that account. The DEFAULT

Administrator account (not the ones you created) is different. You should,

I've been told, create a strong password for that.



HTH



Colin.



"OneDavy" wrote:



> I set up 2 users on my PC at home, both users as Administrators.  I think I

> left the password fields blank but am not really sure.  Is there a way I can

> tell if either of these Administrator User Accounts has a password?

What could I do if someone has changed my account password and I have no idea what it is, and I dont want to lose any saved info?

herc wrote:



> What could I do if someone has changed my account password and I

> have no idea what it is, and I dont want to lose any saved info?

Hi



As long as you haven't encrypted any files/folders, you can reset

the local Administrator password (or any user I guess) with one

of the methods mentioned here:



http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password



http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm





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