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Do you experienced before forgetting your Window XP administrator password? I guess once in a blue moon that happen. Sometimes I do receive called from friends or relatives asking me about resetting their Window XP password. Since I’ve done it a few times, resetting Windows XP passwords isn’t that complicated. If you were to search on the net for keyword “forgot window XP password”, “window XP password recovery”, ” windows XP password reset” or “Window XP lost password”. Probably you’ll be listed with all kind of solutions to reset your Window XP password. Sometimes you might find yourself spending hours to look for solutions which eventually work! I’ve gone through that cycle. I mean I’ve tried several others method till I get one which is actually working for me. Some do works, but those required purchasing their software which is quite pricey, however if you plenty of time, you might be able to get some crack for those software but that’s not recommended, since I want something free and easy. I guess I will need more time to trial and error the method I’ve searched. Here’s the method I’ve been talking about Offline NT Password & Registry Editor.
If you already knew about the method and have a much easier approach for this, please leave a comment so that I and others could possibly appreciate your generosity in sharing. However, if you’re looking for one, take my words and try this method, it might works for you as well, else if you are not in needy to reset Window XP password, try to bookmark the URL which could probably help you or someone you know who might need it one day.
However if you aren't so techie, you might find it a bit hard to catch up, if you would like to spend some penny in solving the problem. Try to lookup for this tools I found in youtube.
If somehow none is working for you and in this extreme case, you might probably need to format your Windows XP and perform a clean installation, if you got very important files or data which you can't format. Try installing another Windows XP inside and once installed, access using the new Windows XP and backup your file, format and install a completely clean installation of Windows XP all over again. Alternatively if you do not want to completely install Windows XP over again, try to erase the old version of Windows XP in boot.ini and delete old Windows XP System folder (This is quite messy but can save you time reinstalling from fresh).
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March 4th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Forgot Your Windows Password?
A lot of people think that after having lost their Windows admin password, they absolutely have to reinstall their OS. Let me tell you something: They are wrong! Here I'm posting a few methods / utilities which can be used to recover Windows password:
1st Method:
The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account "Administrator" and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:
Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ++
keys twice and it'll show Classic Login box. Now type "Administrator" (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.Now you can reset your account password from "Control Panel -> User Accounts".
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.
2th Method:
There are many 3rd party utilities which claim to recover forgotten Windows password:
Windows Password Recovery Tool Service: windowspasswordsrecovery.com
WWindows Password Recovery Tool is a program that works instantly to remove any lost or forgotten password. Simply boot your PC from the supplied Boot CD, and get access to forgotten Windows and administrator passwords in just seconds. Their method is so much faster/easier, and works great!
http://windowspasswordsrecovery.com