Mars Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I forgot the administrators password for windows xp.. so, how can I recover the password?! and yes I did forget the password!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanJ Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Heres a few links to try (Some programs, some instructions ) http://www.tomdownload.com/utilities/security_encryption/advanced_windows_password_recovery.htm http://www.tomdownload.com/utilities/security_encryption/advanced_windows_password_recovery.htm http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=password+recovery Good luck Cheers, Ryan Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted October 30, 2005 Author Share Posted October 30, 2005 Heres a few links to try (Some programs' date=' some instructions ) http://www.tomdownload.com/utilities/security_encryption/advanced_windows_password_recovery.htm http://www.tomdownload.com/utilities/security_encryption/advanced_windows_password_recovery.htm http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=password+recovery Good luck Cheers, Ryan Jones[/quote'] umm.. they were no help at all.. but thanks for the help anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanJ Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 umm.. they were no help at all.. but thanks for the help anyways You may try sending an E-mail to Microcrap... ahem Microsoft and see if they can provide more direct assistance Cheers, Ryan Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Or you could stop relying on MS and do it yourself. What access do you have to this computer? Physical access I assume? And an account? (any, it can be guest) If so just download pwdump2 from here: http://www.bindview.com/Services/razor/Utilities/Windows/pwdump2_readme.cfm stick it on a floppy and run it on that computer... you'll need to go into DOS (start > run > type: cmd) and then in DOS go to a: then type: pwdump2.exe > passwords.txt Then get a program like SAMInside from here: http://www.sharewareriver.com/product.php?id=4864 Instal / run / file - open pwdump file / browse to passwords.txt that you just made, it'll be on the floppy and tick the account you want the password for and it'll brute force it, ie. leave it alone for 30mins and it'll be done! (well, obviously you'll need to click the play/start button first!) Both those progs have documentation with em and on the net and on this forum if you bothered to look in computer science in a thread cryptically called "winxp password recovery" so look around and read a bit, they're simple progs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collar Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Hi, The thing that should definately help you is Active@ password changer utility. That works really great and can quickly and easily reset lost or forgotten password. You should really try it out. http://www.password-changer.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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