I'm a special kind of stupid. I've forgotten the password to my administrator-level user account in Windows XP Home. I am also currently logged on: that's right, I forgot my password after logging on to the OS. Not very impressive.
However, I wonder if that makes things easier for me: this is where I need your help, kind reader. I can't reset the password on my user account (let's call it AdminAlpha) while I'm logged into it, since XP asks for my current (forgotten) password. To try and get around that, I've created a second administrator-level user account (AdminBeta). My plan is to log off AdminAlpha, log in as AdminBeta, and then remove AdminAlpha's password. I assume I'll thereafter be able to log into AdminAlpha without a password, and all will be right with my little world.
Is this plan going to work?
P.S. I'm also considering logging in as the hidden administrator to remove AdminAlpha's password, but I'm not sure if the hidden administrator account is password protected.
However, I wonder if that makes things easier for me: this is where I need your help, kind reader. I can't reset the password on my user account (let's call it AdminAlpha) while I'm logged into it, since XP asks for my current (forgotten) password. To try and get around that, I've created a second administrator-level user account (AdminBeta). My plan is to log off AdminAlpha, log in as AdminBeta, and then remove AdminAlpha's password. I assume I'll thereafter be able to log into AdminAlpha without a password, and all will be right with my little world.
Is this plan going to work?
P.S. I'm also considering logging in as the hidden administrator to remove AdminAlpha's password, but I'm not sure if the hidden administrator account is password protected.