Admin password on XP, lost

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Jeff Ball

Does anyone know how I can recover or reset the admin password in Windows XP
Pro? This machine has three accounts, but the admin password is not known
and I cannot do anything (like uninstall programs) without loggin in as
Admin. Can anyone recommend a way iof finding out what the password is, or
resetting it? I assume I need a boot CD that does this for me? Any
suggestions?

Thanks
Jeff
 
Jeff Ball said:
Does anyone know how I can recover or reset the admin password in Windows XP
Pro? This machine has three accounts, but the admin password is not known
and I cannot do anything (like uninstall programs) without loggin in as
Admin. Can anyone recommend a way iof finding out what the password is, or
resetting it? I assume I need a boot CD that does this for me? Any
suggestions?

Thanks
Jeff
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Try one of these CDs.

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®
http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Does anyone know how I can recover or reset the admin password in
Windows XP Pro? This machine has three accounts, but the admin
password is not known and I cannot do anything (like uninstall
programs) without loggin in as Admin. Can anyone recommend a way iof
finding out what the password is, or resetting it? I assume I need a
boot CD that does this for me? Any suggestions?

Thanks
Jeff
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Have you tried the default Admin account in Safe Mode? By default it
has no password unless you added one. That is NOT the same Admin
account as your own or the one you see in normal mode.
 
Twayne said:
Have you tried the default Admin account in Safe Mode? By default it
has no password unless you added one. That is NOT the same Admin
account as your own or the one you see in normal mode.
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Thanks for that too... I will check that one out when I get in front of the
system later on.

Jeff
 
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