Windows XP Password Recovery
(Also works for Most Other Versions of Windows)
Windows XP password recovery actually
just involves removing the existing password and setting it to
blank, a password reset CD can reset/remove the password on any
Windows account.
Before creating a
Windows password recovery / reset disk have you attempted to
login as Administrator? If you can, you can reset any password.
To login as
Administrator power on the computer and hit the F8 key, the
choose safe mode and you will be able to login as administrator
and change any account passwords from – Control Panel – User
Accounts
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Reset Windows XP Password How to
The other option is to create a
Windows password recover - reset CD, you will need to boot from
this and then you will be able to reset your password, to create
this please read on for our comprehensive, easy to follow Reset
Windows XP password recovery guide
To do this you will need
to create a password reset CD which we will cover below.
 You
will need a computer with a CD Writer and internet access.
An application such as Free ISO Burner which you can get from
here..
The Hirens ISO boot image which you can get from here..
Once you have everything
launch the Free ISO Burner software Select Open and then choose
the Hirens Boot CD Image.
Make sure you have a CD in the computers
drive and select Burn – This might take a few minutes depending
on the speed of your Writer – Now the CD will be a Bootable
Hirens disk
Now power on the Computer with
the password problem – load the Hirens CD and hit the F12 as its
booting – this will give you a small boot menu – from this
choose the CD drive.
Now you will see the
Hirens Boot CD menu
Select Start Boot CD
At the next Menu Select
option 9. Next to see more utilities
Select Option 4 Password &
Registry Tools…
Select Active Password
Changer (NT,2000,XP,Vista)
Choose 1
this option is fine for disks with a single operating system and
will find the Logical Drive for you.
You will
now see a screen with the logical drive list, as it says Press
Enter to continue.
This will
now search for any SAM or Security Accounts Manager databases
(windows accounts)
You will
then see a list of all the user accounts on your computer, reset
your account or the main administrator account by choose the
number of the account so in the image below we will choose 1.
The next
screen will show what processes it will run on the selected
account, as a default it will choose Password never expires and
Clear this Users Password, this is fine for most purposes,
select Y to implement the changes.
You will
now see a blue confirmation that the attributes/settings have
been changed.
Hit the
Esc key on the keyboard 4 times to get back to the Type M for
menu option.
Remove
the CD and Reboot the computer – the password should now be
removed and Windows should log you straight in.
Now you have completed
the Windows password recovery / reset remember to put a password
back in place once you have logged in, this can be done from
Control panel – User Accounts
Keep your Hirens disk
safe, once you have the disk it only takes a minute to reset
Windows XP password or passwords in the future.
The disk is also
contains a multitude of other utilities in addition to more on
reset Windows XP password recovery tools, such as diagnostics,
file recovery and much more..
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