Administrator Account Password in XP Home

In XP Home Edition the administrator account is only accessible from SafeMode. This account have no password by default.

To ensure a more secure system.

1. Turn off your computer.

2. Power on and press F8 just after the BIOS check is complete. Select Safe Mode from the List. Its around the top of the list.

3. On the next page press ENTER.

4. Work you way to the Desktop. Goto Control panel by:
*Clicking on Start|Settings|Control Panel

5. Double Click on Users Accounts

6. Select the Administrators Account from the list.

7. Apply a password.

Then restart the system.

Locking Computer in XP

To lock a computer in XP, as you probably know, you press "L" while holding down "Windows Logo" key on your keyboard. However, if you would like to lock a computer remotely, for example via "Remote Administrator", you don't have this ability.

What you can do instead, is to create a shortcut on remote computer's desktop where

Target %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Start In %windir%

This is a feature to change users but when you lock the system only the administrator can unlock it. This Feature is More Effective at Remote Computers.

Note: Restarting the Computer helps to unlock.