Reset Password From User Account

• 1). Click on the "Start" menu and open "Control Panel."
  
  
• 2). Click on the option titled "Change my password."
  
  
• 3). Type in the password you currently use in the field titled, "Type your current password."
  
  
• 4). Decide on a new password and type it into the fields titled: "Type a new password" and "Type the new password again to confirm." A strong and secure password should have eight or more characters, be a combination of capital and lowercase letters, and be a combination of letters and numbers.
  
  
• 5). Type out a phrase that will remind you (and only you) of your password in the field titled, "Type a word or phrase to use as a password hint." This is an additional safety feature in case you later forget your password and need to reset it again. Entering a reminder is only optional and not necessary.
  
  

Reset Password From Administrator Account

• 1). Click on the "Start" menu and open "Control Panel."
  
  
• 2). Decide which account's password you would like to reset and click on the account name.
  
  
• 3). Follow steps 2 through 5 from the previous section.
  
  

Forgotten Passwords

• 1). Go to www.loginrecovery.com on any Internet browser, using any computer on which you have access to the Internet and a functioning CD writer. This is a website that will help you recover the administrator password if you are locked out of the administrator account.
  
  
• 2). Load a blank CD into the CD drive. Follow the detailed instructions by clicking on "See detailed instructions here." This will guide you through the process of downloading the software necessary to recover your administrator password. Once you obtain the forgotten password, you can reset it.
  
  
• 3). Follow steps 1 through 3 in the previous section.