forgot my windowsxp home edition password how can i get it w/out reinstall?
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While you are restarting your machine press the F8 key to get the "Boot Mode" menu. Choose "Safe Mode". Once you get to the Log in screen log in as administrator with no password. This will allow you to reset forgotten local admin/users passwords.
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I agree with what is said above by going into bios via safe mode then accessing passwords,even tho ur password will not be visibly seen ,then type in new one to enable access to XP etc......Help will give you further details .good luck ♥
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This can be a awkward one – you have various options\n\n1.Try logging into safe mode and logging as administrator – sometimes windows does not assign a password to the administrator\n\nIf this doesn’t work\n\n2.If you have data on the pc that is valuable, try searching yahoo or google for programs that can retrieve your password – but BEWARE these can be very expensive and CAN NOT guarantee to retrieve your password and may corrupt you master boot record or the registry and may stop your pc from starting\n\n3.  If you don’t mind losing your data – you can do a system recovery on your pc.  It all depends on your system if you have a hard drive recovery of a cd/dvd recovery.  If you have a HDD recovery some systems have a option of a non destructive recovery which MAY save your data.  Check your pc documentation – either of these recovery options will delete the password and will restore your pc to as if it has come out box brand new and no password will be applied to the sign in account.  Bit drastic but at least gets your pc working again.
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If there is a cd-rom in the computer in question, you can just reset it. There are several ways to go about doing this. I would suggest reading the following page & comments.\n\nhttp://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2006/09/02/how-to-hack-into-a-windows-xp-computer-without-changing-password/\n\nYou could also use the backtrack linux distros bootable cd available @ http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/BackTrack
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Try this Advanced Office Password Recovery ( http://www.elcomsoft.com/aopr.html )\n-or-\nhttp://www.crackpassword.com/\n-or-\nhttp://www.Password-Studio.com/\n-or-\nhttp://www.lostpassword.com/office.htm\n-or-\nhttp://www.passwordrecoverytools.com/
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ummmmm i dont know if you have xp or if the password in general is the login password or a screensaver password. for the screen saver password hardboot the computer by shuting it down and then turning it back on the change the password. if it is a login password you have to get xp to go to safemode to assess login for the owner. often the is no password there. login there and go to control panel and delete the password for the account in question . then reboot and login to the account and add password. whew
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I have the perfect solution for you!\nI have a CD that can break Windows XP/2000/NT passwords !\nYou can also search on internet/google for the same CD.\nIt is actually a linux kernel, which boot up the machine and allows you to reset the password. It is specially designed for that purpose. Hope this will give you some hint  :o)
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Leave the password blank (just hit "enter") and run a repair installation.\n\n\nUPDATED RESPONSE:\n\nIf fixboot/fixmbr worked, then simply reboot. If it still doesn't boot...go back and do the same thing, except do a "repair installation" instead of running fixboot/fixmbr.\n\nHere are the instructions (with screenshots) on how to do that.\n\nhttp://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm#How%20to%20Repair%20Windows%20XP%20by%20Installing%20Over%20top%20of%20Existing%20Setup:
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if you have the softwares cd, you can either start it uup while press and holding "C" and  then  reset your password from the main and original os
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Check out this site, here u will find different tools to crack Windows XP Password\nhttp://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
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Try the offline Windows NT Password Editor.  Or alternatively try booting into safe mode and typing in administrator at the login prompt.  A lot of the time that USER ID has no password but can usually only be accessed by booting into safe mode
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if your running xp, you can click on runt and type in control userpasswords2 and click on ok.\n\nthere would be a new display on the screen, there will be a new screen, if you then click on the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer tickbox. \n\nand press ok it will ask you to type in your current password, as yours is blank, just click on ok, and click on ok to close the window.\n\njob done, next time you restart it should auto logon.
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to get back all you have to do is to resign a new password.\nJust click on "I forgot my password" and there you have it
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there isnt a password. You computermight be set up for an admin and the login you have has limited access in XP.
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Now let me address the other password - not the BIOS password - but the windows password. If this is what you mean by "boot up password", there are ways to clear out the administrator password. Search the net for "knoppix std" and learn all you can. You can really screw up a system if you dont do the right things.\n\nIf you are XP home edition, keep taping the F8 key after the power on self test, but before you see the windows logo. Start the computer in safe mode with "administrator" as the user id. You can then go to the users/groups control panel and reset all the passwords.
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You do not need to reinstall or call a tech if you forgot the admin password.\n\nThere is a boot disk you can download at:\nhttp://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/\n\nthat will let you reset the password of any account on NT4, Windows2000 or XP.\n\nJust follow all the default settings which are for the admin account. \n\nThey also have a bootable CD image you can download.\n\nHope that helps.
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Go Into the Account Properties and click the option for "Remeber my password" - you wont have to type it in again/