lost password to get on win XP What do I do?
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This is a better link that the previous one posted here!! try it! \n\nhttp://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305
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Try password recovery software.\n\nhttp://lastbit.com/word/\n\nhttp://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/msoffice/
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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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Unfortunately DELL won't be able to do much for you except maybe ship you the re-install disks.  You can try safe mode to reset the password.  You can also try logging in as administrator with no password or with admin as the password.  Sometimes it is that simple.\n\nKnowing what OS I might be able to give you a few more ideas.
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Just pop in the XP boot disk and this should get you started! But f you don't get that far, well, check the jumper and take off the little cover, that will clear the password.
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When you first got this desktop was it locked with that or did you install the option for that? If you installed it then i'm going to assume it's the one that is in the control panel in windows XP. If this is all the case then to log on you need your correct username and password and you will have to enter them rather than useing windows xp (remembering) system. If you know your password then try useing the "Administrator" username try uppercase Administrators" and lowercase "administrator" if that doesn't work try "admin" and "Admin" if you don't know your password then(assuming you have windows xp) try doing a system restore on your computer by pressing F8 when your system starts, keep pressing F8 till a menu appears then "System Restore" should be somewhere on that list.  Hope i'm somewhere on the right track here.
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have you set an administrator account in the first instance..\n\nyou are on XP arent you?\n\ngo to your control panel, choose accounts, click administrator and \nset a new password..\n\nif you want to log into your administrator account from the login window, press control alt and del ... twice type your Administrator and password and voila
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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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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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A new PC would not have a password on it.  May have been a display model and someone put a password on it.  About the only way to clear all that is to reload the OS which will clear everything on the hard drive.\n\nWhat are the chances your purchase was "hot" to begin with???\n\nIf your merchant is reputable, you should take it back to them and have them clear this problem.\n\nThe admin thing mentioned might work as long as there has not been an admin password set.  Without administrative right in XP, you can't get very far.
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Get a windows2000/xp cd. Boot off that and goto the recovery console and that will ask you password you can put & then you can access the WindowsXP "secure" areas .\n\nif you need more help, you can contact me.
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Download the Zip File to CD and then put it in the computer and start it up...If you know the user name which you should by the login page you can obtain password.....Make sure you read down to Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (v060213 - February 2006) this is a free tool that doesn't need anyone to tell you the password...\n\nhttp://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm#20
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Did your friend forget his password, want help in recovering it? You cant recover it because in XP, passwords are hashed and stored. But you can reset it. However, brute force technology may be helpfull in recovering passwords. But they will take a long time, sometimes, even days and weeks! So I would recommend you to reset your friends password.\n\nFollow these steps:\n\nFirst start XP in safe mode. If you dont know how to start windows in safe mode, go to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315222 \n\nNow, logon to the "Administrator" account which you will not be seeing when you normally start windows.*\n\nGo to control panel, click on your friend's username and click "Change password". Type the new password and reboot your PC. Allow windows to boot in normal mode. When, the welcome screen appears, click on your friend's username and when prompted for password, type your new password.\n\n* NOTE: most of the times, there will be no password for the administrator account. But sometimes, advanced users use to set password for that account too. In that case, you will have to use some software which will modify the file where the passwords are hashed and stored. "Windows NT / 2000 / XP Key Enterprise" is one of such good software. It can be used to reset password. It is a product of http://www.lostpassword.com/\nFor more information, contact me. You can contact me by clicking on my name and ...
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Goto safe mode and login as Administrator and then follow this path:-\n\nStart>Control Panel>User Accounts...\nClick on your username and change Password:- Give a new password. It will not ask you for the old one. It will work.......... Believe me.
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Assuming your talking about administrator account for windows xp:\n\nhttp://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
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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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Go to control panel, then go to users, and set a password for your account. It will require you to type in your password when you boot windows. This is all assuming you are using windows.