WinXP password messed up after reset

Posted by Mark Flint on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Mark Flint
Published on 2011-02-02T22:07:36Z Indexed on 2011/02/02 23:28 UTC
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I changed my winXP logon password - but could not get in. Obviously I made the some mistake twice... caps lock or something but couldn't get the password.

So I booted into safe mode, when into Users and changed the password.

Now I when I restart I can get in at logon with my new password, but the standard screensaver - which used to be the same as my user logon - now is something different. I think it's still the previous one which I couldn't get right.

Now when I go into Users (not in safe mode) and try and change the password I can't. It won't accept my new user logon which works fine when logging on. I think this too is still the previous one which I couldn't get right.

How can I definitely reset the password so it works at logon, in the control panel/users, and the screensaver?

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