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Hi,

 

I have forgotten my Administrator password. I have Windows XP Media

center OS. Is there a way to reset my password without re-installing

XP.

 

Thanks.

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Guest kim

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Re: Forgot Admin Password

 

Have a look at this http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

<s_haji13@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:68fe21a7-e1f2-4777-9d1a-c47c20c7e823@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

>

> I have forgotten my Administrator password. I have Windows XP Media

> center OS. Is there a way to reset my password without re-installing

> XP.

>

> Thanks.

Guest Anna

Guest Anna

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Re: Forgot Admin Password

 

>

> <s_haji13@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:68fe21a7-e1f2-4777-9d1a-c47c20c7e823@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>> Hi,

>>

>> I have forgotten my Administrator password. I have Windows XP Media

>> center OS. Is there a way to reset my password without re-installing

>> XP.

>>

>> Thanks.

 

 

"kim" <faked@ntlhell.com> wrote in message

news:uSX9$Cq3IHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Have a look at this http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

 

s_haji13...

Here are some step-by-step instructions for using the program kim referred

you to...

 

But before getting to it, don't be intimidated by the length of these

step-by-step instructions. Once you've created the "Reset Password" CD the

process is quite simple since in most of the steps (as I'll explain) you'll

be simply pressing the Enter key.

 

1. On the top of the webpage click on the "Bootdisk" button.

2. In the "Download" section of that page click on the cd070927.zip file and

download it to your Desktop. Note it's a ZIP file so the contents of that

file will have to be extracted.

3. I assume you know how to do this by merely right-clicking on the ZIP

file, click on Extract All, Next, Next, Finish.

4. A folder will be created on your Desktop entitled "cd070927".

5. Inside that folder will be the cd070927.iso file. It's this .iso file

that allows you to create a bootable CD from that .iso image.

6. Hopefully, you have a CD-burning program, e.g., Nero, Roxio, etc., that

allows you to merely double-click on the .iso file and the program will open

and create a bootable CD from that .iso image. If you don't have such a

program perhaps you have a friend or acquaintance who does and he or she can

help you with creating the bootable CD. There are other programs available

on the net that allow you to do this as well but these third-party programs

that I've mentioned make it a very simple & straightforward process.

 

Now that you've created the bootable CD that's designed to reset the

password, insert the CD in your optical drive and boot to it.

 

The following are step-by-step instructions for using the program. The

example involved is a single-partitioned HDD, but the basic steps are the

same for any size HDD, except where the drive is multi-partitioned. If the

latter is the case the steps will be slightly different but they will not be

unduly complicated or substantially different under those circumstances.

 

As you progress through the screens the information provided and steps

involved look more complicated than they really are. In virtually every step

during the process the user will simply be pressing the Enter key or some

other simple keystroke.

 

1. Hopefully the PC you're working on is set up so that it will boot to a

bootable CD. If it's not, change the motherboard's BIOS boot priority

setting so that the CD-ROM is first in boot priority. In other words you

want the system to *first* try booting to a bootable CD before it boots to

the hard drive.

 

2. Boot to the password reset CD. At the first screen you will see the

"boot:" prompt.

Press Enter.

 

3. The next prompt ("Step ONE") will be "Select: [1]".

Press Enter.

 

4. The next prompt ("Step TWO") will be "What is the path to the registry

directory? (relative to windows disk)

[WINDOWS/system32/config]:".

Once again, press Enter.

 

5. The next prompt will follow text "Select which part of registry to load,

use ..." and list three options. The default prompt will reflect the first

option ("Password reset ..."), indicating "[1]".

Again, press Enter.

 

6. The next prompt at "Step THREE" will indicate "What to do? [1]".

Again, press Enter.

 

7. A bunch of information will follow with the final line displaying the

prompt, "or simply enter the username to change [Administrator]".

Type your user name, e.g., AL, and press Enter. Ensure you've correctly

entered your user name in the proper case (uppercase or lowercase as you

have

originally set it).

 

8. More information will follow ending with the following prompt...

"Please enter new password:".

Type an * (asterisk or star) and press Enter.

 

9. The next prompt will be...

"Do you really wish to change it? (by/n) [n]".

Type by and press Enter.

(You'll receive the confirmation "Changed!")

 

10. The last line of the following prompt will read...

"or simply enter the username to change [Administrator]".

Type ! (exclamation point) and press Enter.

 

11. The last line of the next prompt will read...

"What to do? [1]" .

Type q and press Enter.

 

12. The next prompt ("Step FOUR") will read...

"About to write file(s) back! Do it? [n]".

Type by and press Enter.

 

13. At this point you should get the "EDIT COMPLETE" message with the

following prompt...

"You can try again if it somehow failed, or you selected wrong New run? [n]"

Just press Enter.

 

14. The final prompt will be a "#" signaling that the program has finished

its work. Remove the CD from your optical drive and reboot.

 

Hopefully the Administrator's password has been reset to a blank password

and you should gain access to the system.

Anna

Guest sdlomi2

Guest sdlomi2

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Re: Forgot Admin Password

 

 

"Anna" <myname@myisp.net> wrote in message

news:%237abI2q3IHA.776@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>>

>> <s_haji13@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>> news:68fe21a7-e1f2-4777-9d1a-c47c20c7e823@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>>> Hi,

>>>

>>> I have forgotten my Administrator password. I have Windows XP Media

>>> center OS. Is there a way to reset my password without re-installing

>>> XP.

>>>

>>> Thanks.

>

>

> "kim" <faked@ntlhell.com> wrote in message

> news:uSX9$Cq3IHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Have a look at this http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

>

>

> s_haji13...

> Here are some step-by-step instructions for using the program kim referred

> you to...

>

> But before getting to it, don't be intimidated by the length of these

> step-by-step instructions. Once you've created the "Reset Password" CD the

> process is quite simple since in most of the steps (as I'll explain)

> you'll be simply pressing the Enter key.

>

> 1. On the top of the webpage click on the "Bootdisk" button.

> 2. In the "Download" section of that page click on the cd070927.zip file

> and

> download it to your Desktop. Note it's a ZIP file so the contents of that

> file will have to be extracted.

> 3. I assume you know how to do this by merely right-clicking on the ZIP

> file, click on Extract All, Next, Next, Finish.

> 4. A folder will be created on your Desktop entitled "cd070927".

> 5. Inside that folder will be the cd070927.iso file. It's this .iso file

> that allows you to create a bootable CD from that .iso image.

> 6. Hopefully, you have a CD-burning program, e.g., Nero, Roxio, etc., that

> allows you to merely double-click on the .iso file and the program will

> open and create a bootable CD from that .iso image. If you don't have such

> a

> program perhaps you have a friend or acquaintance who does and he or she

> can

> help you with creating the bootable CD. There are other programs available

> on the net that allow you to do this as well but these third-party

> programs that I've mentioned make it a very simple & straightforward

> process.

>

> Now that you've created the bootable CD that's designed to reset the

> password, insert the CD in your optical drive and boot to it.

>

> The following are step-by-step instructions for using the program. The

> example involved is a single-partitioned HDD, but the basic steps are the

> same for any size HDD, except where the drive is multi-partitioned. If the

> latter is the case the steps will be slightly different but they will not

> be unduly complicated or substantially different under those

> circumstances.

>

> As you progress through the screens the information provided and steps

> involved look more complicated than they really are. In virtually every

> step

> during the process the user will simply be pressing the Enter key or some

> other simple keystroke.

>

> 1. Hopefully the PC you're working on is set up so that it will boot to a

> bootable CD. If it's not, change the motherboard's BIOS boot priority

> setting so that the CD-ROM is first in boot priority. In other words you

> want the system to *first* try booting to a bootable CD before it boots to

> the hard drive.

>

> 2. Boot to the password reset CD. At the first screen you will see the

> "boot:" prompt.

> Press Enter.

>

> 3. The next prompt ("Step ONE") will be "Select: [1]".

> Press Enter.

>

> 4. The next prompt ("Step TWO") will be "What is the path to the registry

> directory? (relative to windows disk)

> [WINDOWS/system32/config]:".

> Once again, press Enter.

>

> 5. The next prompt will follow text "Select which part of registry to

> load, use ..." and list three options. The default prompt will reflect the

> first option ("Password reset ..."), indicating "[1]".

> Again, press Enter.

>

> 6. The next prompt at "Step THREE" will indicate "What to do? [1]".

> Again, press Enter.

>

> 7. A bunch of information will follow with the final line displaying the

> prompt, "or simply enter the username to change [Administrator]".

> Type your user name, e.g., AL, and press Enter. Ensure you've correctly

> entered your user name in the proper case (uppercase or lowercase as you

> have

> originally set it).

>

> 8. More information will follow ending with the following prompt...

> "Please enter new password:".

> Type an * (asterisk or star) and press Enter.

>

> 9. The next prompt will be...

> "Do you really wish to change it? (by/n) [n]".

> Type by and press Enter.

> (You'll receive the confirmation "Changed!")

>

> 10. The last line of the following prompt will read...

> "or simply enter the username to change [Administrator]".

> Type ! (exclamation point) and press Enter.

>

> 11. The last line of the next prompt will read...

> "What to do? [1]" .

> Type q and press Enter.

>

> 12. The next prompt ("Step FOUR") will read...

> "About to write file(s) back! Do it? [n]".

> Type by and press Enter.

>

> 13. At this point you should get the "EDIT COMPLETE" message with the

> following prompt...

> "You can try again if it somehow failed, or you selected wrong New run?

> [n]"

> Just press Enter.

>

> 14. The final prompt will be a "#" signaling that the program has finished

> its work. Remove the CD from your optical drive and reboot.

>

> Hopefully the Administrator's password has been reset to a blank password

> and you should gain access to the system.

> Anna

>

Hello, Anna. Thx in arrears for your help in the past. On this topic,

will your 'solution' work also on XP Home? Thx in advance, this time.

sdlomi2

Guest sdlomi2

Guest sdlomi2

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Re: Forgot Admin Password

 

 

"Anna" <myname@myisp.net> wrote in message

news:%237abI2q3IHA.776@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>>

>> <s_haji13@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>> news:68fe21a7-e1f2-4777-9d1a-c47c20c7e823@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>>> Hi,

>>>

>>> I have forgotten my Administrator password. I have Windows XP Media

>>> center OS. Is there a way to reset my password without re-installing

>>> XP.

>>>

>>> Thanks.

>

>

> "kim" <faked@ntlhell.com> wrote in message

> news:uSX9$Cq3IHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Have a look at this http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

>

>

> s_haji13...

> Here are some step-by-step instructions for using the program kim referred

> you to...

>

> But before getting to it, don't be intimidated by the length of these

> step-by-step instructions. Once you've created the "Reset Password" CD the

> process is quite simple since in most of the steps (as I'll explain)

> you'll be simply pressing the Enter key.

>

> 1. On the top of the webpage click on the "Bootdisk" button.

> 2. In the "Download" section of that page click on the cd070927.zip file

> and

> download it to your Desktop. Note it's a ZIP file so the contents of that

> file will have to be extracted.

> 3. I assume you know how to do this by merely right-clicking on the ZIP

> file, click on Extract All, Next, Next, Finish.

> 4. A folder will be created on your Desktop entitled "cd070927".

> 5. Inside that folder will be the cd070927.iso file. It's this .iso file

> that allows you to create a bootable CD from that .iso image.

> 6. Hopefully, you have a CD-burning program, e.g., Nero, Roxio, etc., that

> allows you to merely double-click on the .iso file and the program will

> open and create a bootable CD from that .iso image. If you don't have such

> a

> program perhaps you have a friend or acquaintance who does and he or she

> can

> help you with creating the bootable CD. There are other programs available

> on the net that allow you to do this as well but these third-party

> programs that I've mentioned make it a very simple & straightforward

> process.

>

> Now that you've created the bootable CD that's designed to reset the

> password, insert the CD in your optical drive and boot to it.

>

> The following are step-by-step instructions for using the program. The

> example involved is a single-partitioned HDD, but the basic steps are the

> same for any size HDD, except where the drive is multi-partitioned. If the

> latter is the case the steps will be slightly different but they will not

> be unduly complicated or substantially different under those

> circumstances.

>

> As you progress through the screens the information provided and steps

> involved look more complicated than they really are. In virtually every

> step

> during the process the user will simply be pressing the Enter key or some

> other simple keystroke.

>

> 1. Hopefully the PC you're working on is set up so that it will boot to a

> bootable CD. If it's not, change the motherboard's BIOS boot priority

> setting so that the CD-ROM is first in boot priority. In other words you

> want the system to *first* try booting to a bootable CD before it boots to

> the hard drive.

>

> 2. Boot to the password reset CD. At the first screen you will see the

> "boot:" prompt.

> Press Enter.

>

> 3. The next prompt ("Step ONE") will be "Select: [1]".

> Press Enter.

>

> 4. The next prompt ("Step TWO") will be "What is the path to the registry

> directory? (relative to windows disk)

> [WINDOWS/system32/config]:".

> Once again, press Enter.

>

> 5. The next prompt will follow text "Select which part of registry to

> load, use ..." and list three options. The default prompt will reflect the

> first option ("Password reset ..."), indicating "[1]".

> Again, press Enter.

>

> 6. The next prompt at "Step THREE" will indicate "What to do? [1]".

> Again, press Enter.

>

> 7. A bunch of information will follow with the final line displaying the

> prompt, "or simply enter the username to change [Administrator]".

> Type your user name, e.g., AL, and press Enter. Ensure you've correctly

> entered your user name in the proper case (uppercase or lowercase as you

> have

> originally set it).

>

> 8. More information will follow ending with the following prompt...

> "Please enter new password:".

> Type an * (asterisk or star) and press Enter.

>

> 9. The next prompt will be...

> "Do you really wish to change it? (by/n) [n]".

> Type by and press Enter.

> (You'll receive the confirmation "Changed!")

>

> 10. The last line of the following prompt will read...

> "or simply enter the username to change [Administrator]".

> Type ! (exclamation point) and press Enter.

>

> 11. The last line of the next prompt will read...

> "What to do? [1]" .

> Type q and press Enter.

>

> 12. The next prompt ("Step FOUR") will read...

> "About to write file(s) back! Do it? [n]".

> Type by and press Enter.

>

> 13. At this point you should get the "EDIT COMPLETE" message with the

> following prompt...

> "You can try again if it somehow failed, or you selected wrong New run?

> [n]"

> Just press Enter.

>

> 14. The final prompt will be a "#" signaling that the program has finished

> its work. Remove the CD from your optical drive and reboot.

>

> Hopefully the Administrator's password has been reset to a blank password

> and you should gain access to the system.

> Anna

>

 

Sorry to have bothered you. I went to the site and found my answers.

ATB, s

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