Take preventive measures against losing user-level passwords.
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On today's "Call for Help" it doesn't matter if you never
again remember a Windows user password. Thanks to XP's Forgotten
Password Wizard, your conscience will be free and clear should your mind
happen to accidentally misplace your user password.
Here's how to launch the Forgotten Password Wizard to create your very
own password recovery disk.
- Click Start menu, Control Panel, and
User Accounts.
- Click your user account name.
- Under Related Tasks on the left, click
"Prevent forgotten password" to launch the wizard.
Now that you've launched the wizard, let it
walk you through creating the recovery disk. Make sure the disk you use is
formatted and in the drive. After it's finished creating the disk, label
it and stash it away for an emergency.
If you happen to forget your password, all you need to do is click your
user icon at the logon screen. Even though you don't have your password,
go ahead and click the green arrow just like you would to finish logging
on to your computer. This will launch a little yellow dialog box directing
you to use your password recovery disk.
Don't lose the disk, however, or you're out of luck.
