I forgot my Windows password, how do I connect to my computer.

original title: password

I forgot my password to connect to my computer and I am the adminastrator.  How do I ge on the computer without it?  I also have some files on there that I don't want to lose.

Hello

In this scenario, the only way to reset the password is to use the password reset disk. If you have created the disk of your computer, you can check out the article below to use.
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/reset-your-Windows-password

Microsoft technical support engineers cannot help you recover the passwords of the files and Microsoft who are lost or forgotten product features. For more information about this policy, please refer to the sticky below.
http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7security/thread/39f56ef0-5d68-41AD-9daa-6e6019c25d37
 
 

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