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michaelh
(fountain of knowledge) Wed 15-Apr-09 22:27:37

Password deleton

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have an administrator account on my PC. I recently added a password to the account, so I have to log in at start-up.

I want to delete the password requirement, so that it just loads at start-up. I know that i can change the password in Control Panel/User Accounts, but how do i remove it altogether?.

Michael

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gomezz
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Wed 15-Apr-09 22:41:09

Re: Password deleton

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One way would be to use that account to create another admin account. Then login as that and delete the oriinal account then recreate it with the same name but with no password. Finally use the original account to delete the temporary one.

JamieP
(regular) Thu 16-Apr-09 04:04:05

Re: Password deleton

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Go to the change password screen and leave the new password fields blank. Then put in the old password and it should remove it.

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(deleted) Thu 16-Apr-09 09:36:37

Re: Password deleton

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In both XP and Vista there is an option to remove the password in Control Panel > Users > Account name

michaelh
(fountain of knowledge) Thu 16-Apr-09 11:32:57

Re: Password deleton

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In reply to a post by RatSalad:
In both XP and Vista there is an option to remove the password in Control Panel > Users > Account name

Thanks - that worked OK

Michael

http://mhoward.fotopic.net/

Moved from IDNet to Sky Mid to increase my speed and save £20 per month

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