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Advice and dissent: another installment of 'dear Windows advisor.'.(computer access...

By DeRouen, Joe
Publication: Computer User
Date: Monday, May 1 2006

Years ago, I wrote a column for the now-defunct Computer Currents magazine entitled "Quick Tips and Fixes," wherein I attempted to answer reader's questions about problems they were having with their PCs. Though that column is long gone, I still get questions about working with Windows and occasionally like to take time out in my column to answer them.

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I set up an administrative password in Windows XP but now I've forgotten what it is. I don't want to have to reinstall the operating system if I can help it. Is there any way to reset t

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