~ Sanam Khan ~
08-06-2011, 02:01 AM
How to create a password reset disk
Note that this procedure requires one blank, formatted floppy disk.
To create a password reset disk for your local user account, follow these steps:
- Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. The Windows Security dialog box appears.
- Click Change Password. The Change Password dialog box appears.
- In the Log on to box, click the local computer--for example, click Computer (this computer).
- Click Backup. The Forgotten Password Wizard starts.
- On the Welcome to the Forgotten Password Wizard page, click Next.
- Insert a blank, formatted disk in drive A, and then click Next.
- In the Current user account password box, type your password, and then click Next.
- The Forgotten Password Wizard creates the disk.
- When the progress bar reaches 100 percent complete, click Next, and then click Finish.
- The Forgotten Password Wizard quits and you return to the Change Password dialog box.
- Remove and then label the password reset disk. Store the disk in a safe place.
- In the Change Password dialog box, click Cancel.
- In the Windows Security dialog box, click Cancel.
Note that this procedure requires one blank, formatted floppy disk.
To create a password reset disk for your local user account, follow these steps:
- Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. The Windows Security dialog box appears.
- Click Change Password. The Change Password dialog box appears.
- In the Log on to box, click the local computer--for example, click Computer (this computer).
- Click Backup. The Forgotten Password Wizard starts.
- On the Welcome to the Forgotten Password Wizard page, click Next.
- Insert a blank, formatted disk in drive A, and then click Next.
- In the Current user account password box, type your password, and then click Next.
- The Forgotten Password Wizard creates the disk.
- When the progress bar reaches 100 percent complete, click Next, and then click Finish.
- The Forgotten Password Wizard quits and you return to the Change Password dialog box.
- Remove and then label the password reset disk. Store the disk in a safe place.
- In the Change Password dialog box, click Cancel.
- In the Windows Security dialog box, click Cancel.