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Old 04-10-2006, 03:01 PM   #1
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Keep my password blank please!

Ok, I need to disable the change password option on a windows xp home edition machine. In other words I want to make it so that the average user cannot just go into the control panel and set a password without me knowing it so that I have to make a new user account. On any windows xp pro/media center edition pc this can easily done by typing in "control userpasswords2" in the run box, going to advanced and disabling the change password feature. However windows xp home does not have the advanced policy features that xp pro/ MC does. I have checked on microsofts site for a reg edit hack for this but found nothing. Does anyone know how and if I would be able to do this. I dont want to have to set a password so that somebody can not change it on me, I would really like just to disable the feature. Thankz
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Old 04-10-2006, 07:20 PM   #2
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I don't know if there is a way to do what you want to do, but this is what you can do to keep somebody from locking your account out. Boot to safe mode using F8, log in as administrator, set a password that you're going to remember to that account. Now if anyone locks you out, boot to safe mode, log in as adminsitrator, clear your password.
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