My 13 yr old son created a password to log on to our home
computer (Windows 2000). His password has now expired,
and system prompts us to create a new password. The
problem is that my son cannot remember his old password.
He hasn't used the computer for a couple of months. How
can I get in there to change or delete the old password.
(I have tried just about every possible password to no
avail.) Please advise.

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:57:31 -0700, "YVelazq712@aol.com"
wrote:

>My 13 yr old son created a password to log on to our home
>computer (Windows 2000). His password has now expired,
>and system prompts us to create a new password. The
>problem is that my son cannot remember his old password.
>He hasn't used the computer for a couple of months. How
>can I get in there to change or delete the old password.
>(I have tried just about every possible password to no
>avail.) Please advise.


Logon as Administrator, or a user that is a member of the Administrators group.
Open a CMD.EXE prompt.
Assuming that your son's user name is "Forgetfull", them type:

net user "Forgetfull" TheNewPassword

and press enter.



Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com