It is the most occurred problems for the Windows XP users. The people who are lazy enough to took their administrative password on any notes or papers; they often face the “Password Forgot” problems.
Well, here I am giving you some stepwise direction to retrieve the forgotten password or creating a new password to log into your computer.
1. Start your pc and keep pressing the F8 button from your keyboard. Press the F8 Button repeatedly to open a screen with some options.
2. You will get a list of options and find the “Safe Mode” or “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” options.
3. Now press “Enter” to the “Safe Mode” or “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” option. The built in Windows Drivers will be loaded. Wait until a new Welcome Screen is opened.
4. There you will find two accounts. One is your pre-made account which you can’t open due to Password Forgetting; and another new account exists there named “Administrator”.
5. In the Administrative account give your Username along with typing “net user + your user name + * sign”. For example: if your computer username was “Shamim” then type “net user Shamim*”. Here ignore the ” ” (quotation) sign while typing.
6. Now change your password to a new password according to your choice and press Enter. Again give your same password (in order to confirmation whether you enter the right password or not) on the new box under the previous one and press enter to confirm.
You are supposed to log into your Windows XP now after creating a new password or retrieving the previous one!!
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I usually use the Reset Windows Password 1.3 boot CD to reset forgotten Windows password, It worked great for me, with no reinstall and no data loss. http://www.top-password.com/reset-windows-password.html
Well, Steven……..I have noticed the software you mentioned need to be burn first. My post was for the the people who haven’t yet burn this kind of bootable passwrod reset or recovery CD.
Thanks for the comment and let me know the links.
There is plenty of third party software to recover windows xp administrator password available online. I use windows login recovery.
Welcome to my blog Larry!
Thanks for the comment.
Great Post!
But this will only work when you didn’ t forget the default Administrator account password, right?
If you forgot the default Administrator account password, you still have to use some Windows password reset tools.
Find some tool if you need: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AhvXDEHYyoTNIUkfUne1ctubvZx4?vc=&fp_ip=cn&p=Windows+password+reset+Standard&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701
If Your looking for a easy way to remove your old password, http://www.recoverwindowspasswords.com now has a program that reset its for you in a breeze.