Forgotten Password

[roulette841]

I have Windows XP Professional, and I am trying to access a computer whose
passwords I am unable to remember. It would be a major hassle to reinstall
the operating system and it would be preferable if I could avoid that.

I have tried pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete twice (quickly) at the logon screen
and nothing has occurred. I would like to attempt to burn a floppy disk from
the site http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/, but I don't think I'm able
to because the other computer I'm using is a Mac.

What should I do?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Boot to safe mode (f8 on restart) and use the default 'Administrator" account
with a blank password. If no help, you will need to find a friend to burn a
cd for you.

 

[philo]

I have Windows XP Professional, and I am trying to access a computer whose
passwords I am unable to remember. It would be a major hassle to reinstall
the operating system and it would be preferable if I could avoid that.

I have tried pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete twice (quickly) at the logon screen
and nothing has occurred. I would like to attempt to burn a floppy disk from
the site http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/, but I don't think I'm able
to because the other computer I'm using is a Mac.

What should I do?

If the password contains simply letters and numerals this may work:

http://www.loginrecovery.com/

 

[Jim Robin]

I'm not so certain that "we" as a helping community should be helping with
this type of enquiry. Anyone who posts with this kind of problem may
actually be a thief / housebreaker and has stolen a computer that he/she
cannot use. I'm not suggesting for one minute that that is the case here
but that caution be exercised.

Thanks,

Jim

 

[neil]

sorry forget that I see now you know about this site.

 

[neil]

You can create a boot disk & reset the password
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Neil

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

It's not the only way to break the password. As long as you do not control
the 'physical security' of the motherboard, no security is invulnerable.
This technique require access to the boot sequence, and the replaceable
disks.

 

[VanguardLH]

I have Windows XP Professional,

From your post, looks like we are to assume that means Windows XP is
on YOUR host.

and I am trying to access a computer

"access a computer". What does that mean? That you are trying to
login to YOUR host? Or that you cannot get network access to some
OTHER host?

whose passwords I am unable to remember.

And we know that the [other] computer is your property how?

It would be a major hassle to reinstall the operating system
and it would be preferable if I could avoid that.

Google for password crackers. If they don't work then you'll have to
do the OS reinstall on whatever is this host to which you are trying
to crack into.

I have tried pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete twice (quickly) at the logon
screen
and nothing has occurred.

And "nothing" means that the classic login window did not appear? Or
that it did appear but your login credentials got refused (so
*something* did happen)?

I would like to attempt to burn a floppy disk from
the site http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/, but I don't think
I'm able
to because the other computer I'm using is a Mac.

On the same page you quoted is the
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html link which says:

"How to make the CD
Unzipped, there should be an ISO image file ..."

Mac doesn't have file archiving software than can unzip .zip files?
Mac doesn't have software that can burn .iso files to a CD-R[W]?