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To change from Control Alt Delete on XP to regular boot...

Goto Control Panel, then Administrative Tools, Then Local Security Policy

(Note you need Admin privilages)

On local security policies, click Local Policies, then Security Options.

Find: Interactive Login: Do Not require CTRL+ALT+DEL. Double click that, and select Enabled.

Reboot PC.

For normal multiuse, go back to Control panel, then User Accounts. On the mainscreen, select "Change the way users log on or off"
Then select "USe the welcome screen" and then you can enable fast switching too





Now to bypass admin password - I believe their is a method with a Windows XP CD and the recovery console...

This works too http://www.lostpassword.com/windows-xp-2000-nt.htm

1st
Try booting in to Safe Mode, type in administrator as user, Password leave empty. Many people leave this password blank. From the Administrator control pannel you can reset passwords of users

2nd
if that didn't work. Find a way to "Obtain" a copy of Passware, you know were to look. With this there is a program to make a boot disk that will wipe all passwords.

Well I tried and downloaded a few of those programs on to disks but the problem is, is when I put the disk in when the ctrl,alt,del page is on the disk wont do anything except spin.....It wont load or ask what I want to do with the disk......any help on how to get the disk to load without auctually being logged in? -Stu