How To Reset Windows Xp Forgotten Password

Method 1.

1. Log in with any valid account.
2. Bring up the command prompt.
3. Type: net user
4. You get a list of accounts
5. Type: net user Administrator *
   • Type: net user (any account on that list) *
6. It prompts for a password. Enter one, then enter it again when prompted to confirm.
7. Log on as 'Administrator' with your new password.
8. Edit: Please note that this might not work on a LIMITED account.

Method 2.

1. Restart the machine and start pressing F8 immediately.
2. Boot into 'Safe Mode' (it has a default administrator account).
3. Go to control panel --> User Accounts
4. Change the password of the account you want.

Method 3.

1. Boot the machine with a recent version of Linux that runs off CD.
2. Mount the Windows drive (or volume with 'Documents and Settings' in it
3. Access whatever files and folders you need to.

Method 4.

1. Use a Windows 2000 recovery CD to boot the machine
2. Start the 'Windows Recovery Console'
3. Access anything you like
4. Add a user with 'Administrator' privileges
5. Even change the Administrator password

Method 5.

1. Boot off your XP disk.
2. Start an installation and 'Repair' your windows installation.
3. When the progress bar says 'Installing Devices', press Shift-F10 to get a command window
4. Type NUSRMGR.CPL to get the User Accounts control panel and change what you like.

Method 6.

1. Pull the hard drive from the machine
2. Install it in a drive enclosure
   • OR plug it into another machine's IDE/SATA/SCSI/(whatever it is) port and give it power
3. Boot up with that second machine's normal boot drive as 'Administrator' and access or change permissions on any files on the drive you like.
4. Put the drive back in its original case.

Method 7.

1. Search Google for windows password recovery tool (windows password recovery tool live cd for bootable disk)
2. Download it
3. Install it (or if it's live cd use an iso program to burn it like WinIso or NERO)
4. Run the program and choose import from local sam (check youtube for more instructions.)
5. Then choose crack and wait for the password to be recovered.

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