Help!!! Forgotten Password

[Guest]

Hi. This is my first time here (I think) so please bear with me. My husband
took my daughter's laptop with him to work (80 miles away) and desperately
needs to use it. However, his password has mysteriously been changed and she
can't access hers. When he puts in the hint, it doesn't make sense to any of
us. Is there anyway to log on without the password, like maybe in safe mode,
and if so, once there, can he change his password and how does he get to safe
mode if he can't boot it up? Any, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi. This is my first time here (I think) so please bear with me. My husband
took my daughter's laptop with him to work (80 miles away) and desperately
needs to use it. However, his password has mysteriously been changed and she
can't access hers. When he puts in the hint, it doesn't make sense to any of
us. Is there anyway to log on without the password, like maybe in safe mode,
and if so, once there, can he change his password and how does he get to safe
mode if he can't boot it up? Any, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Unless you've set the Administrator's password via the Management
Console (_not_ the Control Panel), it's probably still blank. WinXP Pro
asks the user to set the Administrator's password during installation,
but WinXP Home doesn't.

Simply log in using the built-in Administrator account (which
cannot be deleted) and modify the desired account(s) and use Start > Run

"control userpasswords2" to modify the desired account(s).

By design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of
WinXP Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing
CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login
dialog box.

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321305

Failing that, Linux-based password cracking utilities abound on the
Internet, freely available to anyone who can use Google.


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[Brian A.]

Hi. This is my first time here (I think) so please bear with me. My husband
took my daughter's laptop with him to work (80 miles away) and desperately
needs to use it. However, his password has mysteriously been changed and she
can't access hers. When he puts in the hint, it doesn't make sense to any of
us. Is there anyway to log on without the password, like maybe in safe mode,
and if so, once there, can he change his password and how does he get to safe
mode if he can't boot it up? Any, any help would be greatly appreciated.

How to log on to your Windows XP-based computer if you forget your password or if
your password expires
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305/en-us

or
http://support.microsoft.com/search...&kt=ALL&mdt=0&res=20&ast=1&ast=2&mode=a&adv=1

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Guest]

Those previous posts are'nt really always aplicable..Simply at pc start,tap
the F8 key,select safe mode,enter xp as administrator,open user account,
change password or create new account.

 

[Brian A.]

Those previous posts are'nt really always aplicable..Simply at pc start,tap
the F8 key,select safe mode,enter xp as administrator,open user account,
change password or create new account.

If as you state: "Those previous posts are'nt really always aplicable", your
response isn't either then since you provide the same information that the linked
article contains.


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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Xandros]

If you have access to another computer with a CD writer use the live CD
version of ophcrack to uncover the password http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/
or use download ntpasswordhack and follow the instructions in the zip to
create a bootable CD an completely remove the admin password
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/tools/ntpassword/ntpasswordhack.zip