how to retrieve administrator's password

[Guest OR]

I am not sure whether or not I set an administror's password when I

installed XP professional. I want it for accessing the Recovery Console. XP

won't boot so I can't use the Management Console. Is there a way around this

predicament?

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: how to retrieve administrator's password

 

 

"OR" <oeivinr@online.no> wrote in message

news:u2WhzwKuIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>I am not sure whether or not I set an administror's password when I

>installed XP professional. I want it for accessing the Recovery Console. XP

>won't boot so I can't use the Management Console. Is there a way around

>this predicament?

 

You cannot "retrieve" it but you can reset it while WinXP

is up and running, e.g. like so:

- Click Start/Run/cmd{OK}

- Type this command:

net user administrator {NewPassword}

And while you're at it: Create a new admin account + password

and store the details in a safe place. Having a single admin

account is asking for trouble, same as having just one single

set of car keys.

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: how to retrieve administrator's password

 

"OR" <oeivinr@online.no> wrote in message

news:u2WhzwKuIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>I am not sure whether or not I set an administror's password when I installed

>XP professional. I want it for accessing the Recovery Console. XP won't boot so

>I can't use the Management Console. Is there a way around this predicament?

>

 

Since you can't boot XP, you might want to try running one of these bootable

CDs. They will allow you to reset the password for the Administrator account to

a blank password.

 

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