Recovery

[sleepygirl]

I tired to uses the system recovery to get my computer back to day one
without using the discs, and it asks for my password. I don't remember it,
my computer is 3 years old, and I want to give it to a friend in out of the
box conditon. Any way that I can retrieve my password?

thank you.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I tired to uses the system recovery to get my computer back to day
one without using the discs, and it asks for my password. I don't
remember it, my computer is 3 years old, and I want to give it to a
friend in out of the box conditon. Any way that I can retrieve my
password?

Tried no password at all?
Also - what operating system? Windows Xp Home, Professional, etc?

If Professional - press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the welcome screen logon and
enter the username "administrator" and leave the password blank to logon and
change the password for the other user accounts.

If Home - reboot into safe mode and utilize the username "administrator" and
leave the password blank to logon and change the password for the other user
accounts.

 

[Plato]

I tired to uses the system recovery to get my computer back to day one
without using the discs, and it asks for my password. I don't remember it,
my computer is 3 years old, and I want to give it to a friend in out of the
box conditon. Any way that I can retrieve my password?

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/">http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm">http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305