i forgot my windows xp login password and i didn;t enable the guest user also..how can i get into the os..?
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"One method of gaining access to the system is by trying hard to remember the forgotten password, or a password of another user which has the same level of administrative rights. However I don't think this approach will help you, otherwise you wouldn't be sitting here reading article, would you?)\n\nAnother method is by trying to restore a backed up System State (in Windows 2000/XP/2003) or a ERD (in NT 4.0) in which you do remember the password. The problem with doing so is that you'll probably lose all of the recently add users and groups, and all the changed passwords for all of your users since the last backup was made.\n\nA third method might be to install a parallel operating system on a different partition on the same computer, then use a simple trick to gain access to the old system. Read more about it on my Forgot the Administrator's Password? - Alternate Logon Trick article."\n\nIf these methods won't work for you go to the URL below and scroll down to the free tools section, one of those will work.  Good Luck!!!
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Try booting it into safe mode by pressing F8 when the computer starts. If that doesnt work your probably out of luck since this handles the login for windows.
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Ok, so you say you forgot your Windows administrator's password, huh? Oh well, it doesn't really matter if you did or you just say you did. The fact is that you need to gain access to a computer and you cannot "remember" the administrator's password. \n\nHow can you get out of this situation without formatting and re-installing the operating system?\n\n1- try hard to remember the forgotten password\n2- restore a backed up System State (in Windows 2000/XP/2003) or a ERD (in NT 4.0) in which you do remember the password\n3- using 3rd party tools that will enable you to reset the lost password and logon with a blank password\n\nIf you are looking for password cracking tools that can be used for miscellaneous objectives such as password-protected PDF documents, zipped archives, docs and so on then yahoo pages is NOT the place
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-Assumption made, you are using Windows XP\nIf this is a work PC, ask your administrator for help.  If this is a home PC, reboot the computer and start in save mode. (Press F8 during the boot process.)\nWhat you can do from here depends on how the computer was setup.  Sometimes the actual administrator account doesn't have a password.  I can create and account called "admin" during setup but there may actually be an Administrator account that goes unseen by most users.\nYou can log easily if the password has never been set here.  If the actual administrator account is password protected here, then you are back to square one.   There is software you can purchase to help with the situation but I have never tried them and couldn't recommend one.
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Disabling startup login prompt for password\n\nClick Start and Run \nType "Control Userpasswords2" and press enter. \nUncheck the box for "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer." \nClick Apply and Ok. \nDisabling prompt for password after Windows XP resumes from standby or hibernation\n\nClick Start, Settings, and Control Panel \nDouble-click Power Options \nUncheck the "Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby" option. \nClick Apply and then Ok.
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Try This. Start up the Computer and hold down F8. This will bring to a prompt that gives you a choice of how to startup. Choose Safe Mode. When you get to the same blue screen Hopefully there will you and an Admistator listed, click the administrator and hope it doesn't require a password as well. If none of this has come to pass yet  than the rest of this may be useless.\n\nIf you sign in as the administrator and you load into safe mode go into the control panel and click "User Accounts" and you should be able to change or disable your login password from there.  \n\nThis method does rely on a lot of maybes. I really hope this helps.
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If you didnt log in as the administrator normally...try to do that with no password and see if you can log in otherwise you are out of luck
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i guess there is no way to unlock .you should re-install windows again.
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No need for some lousy service to retrieve your Password. It's totally free if you do it yourself. Go to the site below and download the Bootdisc. Either burn the CD or write the Boot-Floppy.\n\nStart your PC with this disc and follow the instructions to reset your passwords.\n\nEasy, free and no more waiting.
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admin password lost from safemode or you set a anmind user account. if it is admind user account password you lost start pc and lod into safe mode. & use ur safemode admin to get in & reset ur password. if it is ur safemode password that has gone you can do 2 things.\n\n1 reinstall da system \n2 install win xp over  win 2000\n\nput win xp cd in the drive close off the menu that opens . restart ur pc . boot up from win xp cd now from there ur have the option to install win xp without loss of date or drivers on ur pc. what ur see is 3 options 2 of format and 1 saying >>leave everything as it is << that is the one you enter on do not enter on the format options. then follow what is on screen this ur come to a part where it says what parth do you want windows to install type in\n\nc:&#92;windows\n\nthen hit on enter . then win xp will set up ur be ask for da product key put that in then win xp will install and set up when at desktop ur have activate win xp what you do is activate it by phone and microsoft will help you activate it then ur set for
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Before I explain how to recover your password.... answer these questions:\n\n*Are there any other active accounts on the computer?\n*Do you have a floppy-disk drive?\n*Does your keyboard plug into your computer with a purple connector, or is it a USB?\n\n*****************************************\n**These instructions are for Win XP**\n*****************************************\n\nPassword recovery:\n\nFirst try asking your brother. If he doesn't know, follow these steps....\n\n***\nIf there are other accounts on the computer that have administrative access:\n\n>Log onto a different account (you'll have to get their password)\n>Click 'start'\n>Click 'control panel' (if you can't find it, click 'start' then 'run' and type 'control')\n>Double-click 'user accounts'\n>Click on *your* account\n>Click 'change [name's] password'\n>Change the password (hopefully, you won't need the old one....)\n>Try it!\n\n***\nIf your keyboard has a purple connector:\n\n>Restart your computer\n>Repeatedly hit F8 until a black startup screen appears\n>Enter 'safe mode'\n>Log on as 'administrator' (no password)\n>Click 'start'\n>Click 'Control Panel' (if you can't find it, click 'start' then 'run' and type 'control')\n>Double-click 'user accounts'\n>Click on *your* account\n>Click 'change [name's] password'\n>Change the password (hopefully, you won't need the old one here either....)\n>Try it!\n\n***\nIf this is successful & you have a floppy-disk drive:\n\n>Click 'start'\n>Click 'help and support'\n>Type 'password recovery'\n>Click 'search' or 'Go'\n>Follow the directions for creating a password recovery disk\n>With a password recovery disk, you can change the password without logging on, and without knowing the old password. (keep it hidden!!)\n\n***\nIf none of this worked:\n\n>Restart your computer\n>Repeatedly hit F8 until a black startup screen appears\n>Enter 'safe mode'\n>Log on as 'administrator' (no password)\n>Click 'start'\n>Click 'Control Panel' (if you can't find it, click 'start' then 'run' and type 'control')\n>Double-click 'user accounts'\n>Click 'delete account'\n>Follow the directions for deleting an account\n>Be sure to keep all documents, folders, and internet favorites!\n>Click 'create a new account'\n>Make a new account for yourself with a different name\n>Before restarting, move all of 'my documents' into your new account. (They will probably have gotten moved onto admin's desktop when old account was deleted)\n>Restart computer and log on new account\n\n*******\nSorry it was a little vague in some places..... if you need extra help or don't understand these directions, e-mail me at Duckyquack2007@yahoo.com -- make sure you put something in the subject line that will tell me who you are and what you want.... no subject line / confusing subject line   =   message is deleted without being opened.....\n\nI HOPE THIS HELPS!\n\nGOOD LUCK!
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If you boot up in safe mode, you should be able to log in as the main administrator providing you know the password. This user is normally hidden in XP so you wouldn't normally see it. Once you have logged in you will be able to set up a new user.
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If you mean that you can not enter the system by the admin password because u dont have it, then use the link below it will help u up
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dun believe that XP administrator's password can be broken that easily. If u forgot your admin password, u can log in as user and check if the user account has admin right, if u have u can change the admin passord - otherwise u may have to reinstall XP all over again if u r not able to access the system as u dun have a password.\n\nThe only way to obtain the XP admin password is to a floppy with system to boot up or dismantle the hard drive,connect it to another pc, and extract the user or admin registry file - administrator.dat and the system key file and using very good password cracking software to break and obtain the password which is also not easily done if the password is a strong password.\n\nU can engage computer forensic people to do it but it is expensive....
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dont listen to these people that tell you to re-install windows cause they r wrong!!!!  Dont do that\ni know many ways to reset even an administrator password before xp boots up, i have programs that edit the SAM database files too........instant message me    hittin_joints@yahoo.com\n\nTo all you people who think you need to reinstall the operating system....get a life, that will make people loose all their information and files. Dont answer a question on here unless you know what you are talking about, that can ruin someones life if they rely on their computers for their job!  there are programs out there that can do this and i have them all and am willing to send anyone a copy.\nhittin_joints@yahoo.com
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If you can't remember the password, try this:\n\nReboot the computer and continuously tap the F8 key until you get a prompt that will let you boot the computer into Safe Mode.\n\nYou should see a user account called Administrator. Click on this, the password is blank/empty (no password) by default. If someone changed this password, then you're screwed and will need to either use a live linux distro to locate the SAM file and crack it - or reinstall windows xp completely (make sure you have the windows xp serial code laying around somewhere).\n\nAnyway, if you don't see the administrator account right away, click Start > Log off/log on and find it. If you have to type it in manually that will work too. If you can get into the Administrator account, you should be able to delete the old user account that you cant login to and create a new account for your friend. After that, just reboot and boot up normally.\n\nAs for identifying the computer and it's parts, download a program called CPU-Z or Belarc Advisor, they will tell you a lot of info about your computer.
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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.