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Old November 12th 09, 02:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Default Some methods to find lost Windows Password?


Disclaimer: Following information should be used only if its your system
and you have forgotten account password. Don't use this information to
access a system which is not yours without permission.

Many times we face this problem when we or our friends forget Windows
XP password and can't log into Windows. So here we are posting a few
methods / utilities which can be used to recover Windows password:
1st Method: The first thing which you check if you forget login
password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account
""Administrator"" and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget
your user account password then try this:

Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen,
press ctrl+alt+del keys twice and it'll show Classic Login box. Now type
""Administrator"" (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field
blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.

Now you can reset your account password from ""Control Panel - User
Accounts"".

Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show
this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.
2nd Method: Windows XP and further versions also provide another method
to recover forgotten password by using ""Reset Disk"". If you created a
Password Reset Disk in past, you can use that disk to reset the
password. To know more about it, please visit following links:

http://www.articlesbase.com/computer...d-1349849.html
3rd Method: If the above mentioned tricks don't work, then try
following trick which is actually a loophole in Windows XP Setup and a
big security hole:

A. Boot using Windows XP Setup CD and follow the instruction like
Accepting EULA, etc.

B. When it asks to repair your existing Windows installation, accept it
and press ""R"" to run the repair.

C. Setup will start repairing your Windows and will start copying
files, etc.

D. After a few minutes setup will restart your system and when it
restarts don't press any key when it shows ""Press any key to
continue..."" otherwise Setup will start from the beginning. Don't press
any key and setup will resume where it left.

E. Now it'll start doing other tasks and will show a small progressbar
with a few details in left side.

F. Look carefully at the details and when it shows ""Installing
devices"", press +F10 keys in your keyboard.

G. It'll open a Command Prompt window. Now type nusrmgr.cpl and press
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