Have you forgotten your administrator password for XP or 2000? Here’s one way to reset administrator password and get back into action.
- Download this free program Download Emergency Boot CD
- After you have downloaded the application burn it onto a CD
- Stick the Cd into the computer you would like to change the admin password and reboot
- A menu comes up, pick option 5 and press “enter”
- Now it will display the SCSI drives hit “enter”
- It will ask if you would like to probe the SCSI drives we do not want to so hit “enter” again
- The CD will select the drive and partition to fix. Unless you have multiple drives and multiple installs of Windows XP or 2000 then the one chosen by default is most likely the right one so press “enter”
- Now the Boot cd wants the path to the registry, a normal Windows path looks like this \Windows\System32\config. But you probably do not need to worry about this the boot cd should have found the path now hit “enter” again
- Now it will ask you which hives to edit, just hit “enter”
- A menu should appear, select “1” to edit user password
- A list of users names will appear, select the “Administrator” then click “enter”
- In the next dialog box type in this symbol without the quotes ” * ” and press enter. This will erase the current administrator password and leave it blank, you do not need to change the password right now we can do this in Windows
- Press “Y” to confirm
- Type this symbol without quotes ” ! ” and hit enter to escape password editor
- We are back in the main menu now type ” q ” to quit
- It will show you files that were changed and ask if you want to write them. We need to select “y” and press “enter” to complete the process
- Now wait for the files to be written and reboot Windows, you have reseted administrator password, now you can log into it and give it a password
What shall i do if i do not want to change the password. is there a way to open the PC without changing or erasing the password. i work with windows XP
But how will you log in if you forgotten the password? If you do remember your password, give it that same password after you reset it. Another good free program to look at is http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ do a search on Youtube and you will see videos on how it works.
There are a lot of tools and utilities that can be downloaded and used to recover, reset, retrieve or reveal existing password. These windows password recovery utilities, free or paid, are usually a Linux boot disk or CD that able to comes with NT file system (NTFS) drivers and software that will read the registry and rewrite the password hashes, or can brute force crack the password for any user account including the Administrators. The advantage is that there is no fear of leaking your password to outsiders, while the process requires physical access to the console and a floppy or CD drive, depending on which tool you choose. And it’s not easy, although it always work!
Below is the most famous recovery tool I found:
Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 – it is the most popular Windows password cracker . It is a very efficient implementation of windows any versions. It comes with a Graphical User Interface and runs on multiple platforms.
Password Recovery Bundle –This is a utility to reset the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your windows system. You do not need to know the old password to set a new one. It works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppydisk or CD. It’ll detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts. It is also an almost fully functional registry editor.
Windows Password Key 8.0 -It is considered as the best tool to reset local administrator and user passwords on any Windows system. It creates a password recovery CD/DVD, USB Flash Drive for home, business and enterprise. And most of all, it’s the most popular and safe solution for removing your Windows password until now.
Awesome tips, Davi.
I reset my facebook password,plz wich one do i use now to login in to my facebook?
Great!I have locked out of my computer for a while,and have tried everything i could do but failed.Until I found this great tool Windows Password Key 8.0 as recommend above.It works great,Such a marvellous and useful tool