Modifying Your Network Password Cache

Windows XP can maintain the user credentials that you use to access network resources such as shared folders, secured websites, printers, and other resources. For example, if you have a membership to a particular site, you can have Windows XP save your password so you don’t have to enter it each time you visit the site.

To manage your password cache, follow these steps:
Open the User Accounts link in Control Panel and click your user account.
In the left pane, click Manage My Network Passwords to open the Stored User Names And Passwords dialog box (Figure 34.8).
To modify an existing password entry, click the item in the list and click Properties. In the dialog box for the item, specify the user name and password, and, if desired, change the name of the network resource.

Or, to create a new password entry, click Add in the Stored User Names and Passwords dialog box. Specify the URL to the server or the UNC path for LAN resources, along with the user credentials to use to authenticate for the resource.

Recovering Lost Passwords

Forgetting a password for a user account isn’t a big deal as long as you know the administrator account password—just log on as an administrator and change the user’s password as needed. When you lose the administrator password, however, the situation is more serious. You can’t make any changes to the system without the administrator account. Fortunately, there are a couple of ways to recover the administrator password, as well as a way for users to recover their own passwords without help from an administrator.

Using a Password Reset Disk

Windows XP adds a new feature called a password reset disk that enables you to recover an account if you forget the password. The reset disk works for the administrator account as well as other user accounts. However, it can’t recover a password unless it resets the password. You must create the recovery disk with the existing password, which means you must create the disk before you forget the password!
To create a password recovery disk, do the following:

Open the User Accounts link in Control Panel and click the account for which you want to create the disk. In the left pane, click Prevent A Forgotten Password. Windows XP starts a wizard that steps you through the process of creating the recovery disk. When prompted, insert a formatted disk and provide the current password for the account.

Here are the steps to recover the account with the password reset disk:

Boot the computer and select the account at the Welcome screen.
Enter any password and press Enter. Windows XP displays a warning message about your password.
Insert the reset disk in the floppy drive and click Use Your Password Reset Disk.
Follow the prompts provided by Windows XP to create a new password.


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