Help…i have been locked out of my windows xp..the account had a password which i have forgotten..and the hint question does nothing..as i never leave any hints..!
what can i do???
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next time leave hints.
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Try loging with administrator account.
on login screen Press ALT + CTRL + DEL .. login box will appear enter user: administrator .. and password field should be black and hit enter. Lets see if it works or not.
Try loging with administrator account.
on login screen Press ALT + CTRL + DEL .. login box will appear enter user: administrator .. and password field should be black and hit enter. Lets see if it works or not.
It it does not work then you need to buy a new computer. :p
oki lets go in more details.
Method #1
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.
Method #2
Windows XP and further versions also provide another method to recover forgotten password by using “Reset Disk”. If you created a Password Reset Disk in past, you can use that disk to reset the password. To know more about it, please visit following links:
How to create and use a password reset disk for a computer in a domain in Windows XP
How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your Password Expires
Method #3
If the above mentioned tricks don’t work, then try following trick which is actually a loophole in Windows XP Setup and a big security hole:
A. Boot using Windows XP Setup CD and follow the instruction like Accepting EULA, etc.
B. When it asks to repair your existing Windows installation, accept it and press “R” to run the repair.
C. Setup will start repairing your Windows and will start copying files, etc.
D. After a few minutes setup will restart your system and when it restarts don’t press any key when it shows “Press any key to continue…” otherwise Setup will start from the beginning. Don’t press any key and setup will resume where it left.
E. Now it’ll start doing other tasks and will show a small progressbar with a few details in left side.
F. Look carefully at the details and when it shows “Installing devices”, press +F10 keys in your keyboard.
G. It’ll open a Command Prompt window. Now type nusrmgr.cpl and press .
H. It’ll open the same “User Accounts” window which you see in Control Panel.
I. Now you can remove or reset any account password without any problem.
If all fails, then simply reinstall Windows and create new accounts. To recover lost data, you can use Data recovery tools available on net but the chances will be very low to get data back. Thats all I can suggest.
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Forgot the Administrator’s Password? - Windows Password Recovery - Windows Password Reset try this.
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Oh thanks..let me try it..
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hiren's boot cd is a wondrous thing....
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bartPE :k:
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Thanks everyone!
@Thread starter: If you are not trying to penetrate in someone else's computer, try some of the password recovery utilities. Try google.
These work actually, :)
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^ pakro is chor ko 