LOST MY WINDOWS XP LOGON PASSWORD

[maniaujla 0]

HI

 

I CAN'T LOG ONTO WINDOWS . IS THERE ANYWAY TO GET INTO WINDOWS XP PRO ? APPRECIATE YOUR HELP !

 

MANI

[sysdvo 0]

there are lots of ways

 

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;312149

 

in a nutshell, so many methods, which to suggest?

Easiest is if you have a windows 2000 cd handy or know someone who has it. Boot up from it & use the recovery console.

delete the local user file SAM. in

\windows\system32\config, and voila, no password problem.

reboot the computer

 

issue is - people use NTFS for the hard drisk now and don't know how to delete files using a boot disk which allows you write access to ntfs.

or they want to reset passwords of just one account and not lose all accounts. anyhow..

if you don't have NTFS and use FAT, simply delete the files.

else

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~gmurali/gui/index.html

http://www.windowsubcd.com/contents.htm

if in a panic or someone wants to pay -this always works.

$150http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/erdcommander2002.asp?pid=erd

$70http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/product.cfm?page=buyitnow&id=265

 

 

check the links above

if you have any questions, someone can help.

if it's a computer you can touch, it's yours.

wiki

 

[Edited by sysdvo on 2004-11-04 08:00:52]

 

[adamvjackson 0]

Great post, sysdvo.

 

Personally, I use this one:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

 

It works sufficiently well.

[kmzpub 0]

You can simply use password changing tool to reset lost one. Active@ password changer fulfils this fucntions great and always helped me. Recommended!

http://www.password-changer.com/

[benway 0]

Mani

 

Check you personal messages.

[bombermanneo 0]

All the above are great suggestions