Have you ever lost your Windows XP admin password?
There are lots of options to bypass it nowadays. Some of require a third party application for Windows XP admin password reset and some don’t. Here in this article, I’ll show you some effective options for forgotten Windows XP password recovery.
Reset Windows XP administrator password with the Installation Disk.
If you have such a Windows Installation Disk in hand, this may the
first method to crack the forgotten Windows XP password you may think.
To using the Installation Disk to crack Windows password is actually
doing a Windows Repair. If you didn’t restore or repair your computer
with the Installation Disk before, then you need to bring someone who
knows and be good at since for too many people this could be a tough
job. It costs time and has probability of losing data.
As a special diagnostic operating mode of Windows, safe mode which
starts Windows with a limited set of files and drivers helps you to
diagnose and troubleshoot various computer problems.
Here are the tutorials on how to reset XP admin password in Safe Mode.
Step1: Turn on your PC and repeatedly tap F8 when the PC is booting.
Then it will bring up the “Windows Advanced Options Menu”.
Step2: Use your arrow keys to select “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” and press Enter next.
Step3: Windows will load files until you see a logon screen with all
your account user names displayed. Leaving the password filed blank for
your administrator account and get in safe mode.
Step4: Now you can see Windows command prompt, so you enter “net user” and then press Enter.
Step5: Now all the user accounts on your computer will be lists,
choose the target user account and enter “net user Andy 123”. (Suppose
Andy is the target user account, and 123 is the password you want to
set for.)
Step6: Restart computer, you now can log on with the newly password changed user account successfully.
(Note: This method won’t work for you if you have changed the default
settings for the Windows built-in Administrator account.)
If you cannot successfully unlock your Windows XP password with the
above methods, your last chance goes to a credible third-party
application for XP password recovery.
Recover Windows XP admin password with Windows Password Recovery Basic.
To great extent, when losing access to computer for Windows XP password
being forgotten or lost, using a credible third-party application for
Windows XP administrator password recovery is the simplest and most
effective way. No matter how you are good at computer, it will always
cost you too much time on resetting forgotten password with the
installation disk or in Safe Mode. While a third-party application like
Windows Password Recovery Basic won’t take you more than 1 minute to
successfully crack the forgotten Windows XP password.
