Q. I've forgotten my Windows XP password, what can I do?

A. Microsoft has enhanced security features in Windows XP including the the ability to create a diskette to recover passwords incase they are forgotten.

• Click Start.
• Click Control Panel.
• Click User Accounts.
• Click on the account which you want to create a password disk.
• Click Prevent a forgotten password which starts the Forgotten Password Wizard . This is found under Related Tasks.
• Insert a blank, formatted disk into drive A, and click Next.
  
• Enter the password in the Current user account password box.

To use the recovery disk, at the Welcome screen;

• Click the user name whose password is on the recovery disk.
• Click the question mark button.
• This causes the Did you forget your password message to appear.
• Click use your password reset disk.
• This will start the Password Reset Wizard.
• From this point, just follow the wizard's instructions and you will be able to set a new password. This will work if you are NOT part of a domain.