Ensure you'll never accidentally get locked out of your PC: create a password recovery disk for Windows XP. XP is the most secure of all Windows versions. However, if you have one Administrative ...

Problem: User has a dual-boot system: Windows XP (32-bit) and Windows Vista (64-bit). User has completely forgotten the WinXP password :facepalm: Details: I am told there are 2 HDDs in the system.

A former Microsoft engineer has revealed that the legendary Windows XP activation key used by millions of unauthorised users ...

On the first day after your vacation, you sit down at your PC, type in the password — and fail. Windows says: “The password is incorrect. Please repeat the process” and expects you to click “OK.” ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Windows guru Brian Livingston reports that inserting a ...

Windows XP lets you share folders on your office network either without password protection or with it. The Simple File Sharing option, enabled by default, shares folders on your PC with others in the ...

Cast of characters: Windows XP Pro SP1 laptop on local 10/100 LAN, user logging into Windows 2000 AD domain.<BR><BR>User got a new XP Pro laptop, logged in, all was fine.<BR><BR>Two months later his ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...