Log on the computer as administrator and change the password on your father's account. To do this, go to Control Panel, Users Account, select your dad's account and change password
no, what he means is turn on your computer and go into safe mode (to do this press i think its either [f8] or [del] when the computer has just been turned on, before it gets to windows screen. then go into safe mode, and there will be a logon called "administrator" which doesnt have a password, log into that, go to control panel and change the password. reboot the comp and go into windows normally.
If that doesn't work use the below free utility. I had to use it once when I got the screen that said my password has expire. I had forgotten the password and I couldn't log in.
Note - if you have files in the computer that are password encryted. You won't be able to retrieved them once you reset the password.
