Removing passwork in win xp

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I am trying to trouble shot one machine that is running winxp prof but i
can't start into safe mode coz the owner can't remember the password. Is
there any option to remove the password.. I tried remove the battery but
still the password is there is there any option on how to do it? thanks a lot
 
You can't boot to Safe Mode, but can ( or cannot ) in normal mode ?
Unless manually changed the Administrator account password is null.
Just pressing [Enter] should allow access.

Removing the CMOS Battery only resets BIOS settings to factory
defaults and has no affect on XP or XP accounts.
 
bing said:
I am trying to trouble shot one machine that is running winxp prof
but i can't start into safe mode coz the owner can't remember the
password. Is there any option to remove the password.. I tried
remove the battery but still the password is there is there any
option on how to do it? thanks a lot
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Did you try leaving the password blank?

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bing said:
I am trying to trouble shot one machine that is running winxp prof but i
can't start into safe mode coz the owner can't remember the password. Is
there any option to remove the password.. I tried remove the battery but
still the password is there is there any option on how to do it? thanks a lot
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Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ and download the boot
disk, this will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class
operating system.
 
Can you start the system at all? Is this a BIOS password? Or a Windows
Password?

If its a bios password pull the bios battery and then that will clear it; if
its windows password try using another account or reset the password using a
3rd party recovery tool; like passware.

Robert Bollinger, MCP.
 
Hi! McCarty,
Thanks for your help. I can not start in normal mode tha'ts why I am trying
to boot in Safe mode. What I know is not a bios password it is a window
password.

R. McCarty said:
You can't boot to Safe Mode, but can ( or cannot ) in normal mode ?
Unless manually changed the Administrator account password is null.
Just pressing [Enter] should allow access.

Removing the CMOS Battery only resets BIOS settings to factory
defaults and has no affect on XP or XP accounts.

bing said:
I am trying to trouble shot one machine that is running winxp prof but i
can't start into safe mode coz the owner can't remember the password. Is
there any option to remove the password.. I tried remove the battery but
still the password is there is there any option on how to do it? thanks a
lot
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Yes Frank, I tried even the administrator account ..blank and pressing enter
but no avail, asking for password.
 
Thanks Robert. It is a window passwork. How I can obtain the 3rd party
recovery tool? Can I download it? Any idea how much it cost and what website?
Thanks a lot.
 
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