Admin password on XP, lost

[Guest Jeff Ball]

Does anyone know how I can recover or reset the admin password in Windows XP

Pro? This machine has three accounts, but the admin password is not known

and I cannot do anything (like uninstall programs) without loggin in as

Admin. Can anyone recommend a way iof finding out what the password is, or

resetting it? I assume I need a boot CD that does this for me? Any

suggestions?

 

Thanks

Jeff

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Admin password on XP, lost

 

"Jeff Ball" <876456787570000@00000.00> wrote in message

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> Does anyone know how I can recover or reset the admin password in Windows XP

> Pro? This machine has three accounts, but the admin password is not known

> and I cannot do anything (like uninstall programs) without loggin in as

> Admin. Can anyone recommend a way iof finding out what the password is, or

> resetting it? I assume I need a boot CD that does this for me? Any

> suggestions?

>

> Thanks

> Jeff

>

>

 

 

Try one of these CDs.

 

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®

http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Jeff Ball]

Re: Admin password on XP, lost

 

 

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message

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> Try one of these CDs.

>

> Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

>

> Ultimate Boot CD for Windows®

> http://www.ubcd4win.com/howto.htm

>

> Good luck

>

> Nepatsfan

 

Great!, I will check those out when I get chance tomorrow.

 

Thanks a lot for the quick reply.

 

Jeff

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Admin password on XP, lost

 

> Does anyone know how I can recover or reset the admin password in

> Windows XP Pro? This machine has three accounts, but the admin

> password is not known and I cannot do anything (like uninstall

> programs) without loggin in as Admin. Can anyone recommend a way iof

> finding out what the password is, or resetting it? I assume I need a

> boot CD that does this for me? Any suggestions?

>

> Thanks

> Jeff

 

Have you tried the default Admin account in Safe Mode? By default it

has no password unless you added one. That is NOT the same Admin

account as your own or the one you see in normal mode.

[Guest Jeff Ball]

Re: Admin password on XP, lost

 

 

"Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message

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>

> Have you tried the default Admin account in Safe Mode? By default it

> has no password unless you added one. That is NOT the same Admin

> account as your own or the one you see in normal mode.

 

Thanks for that too... I will check that one out when I get in front of the

system later on.

 

Jeff