How to Retrieve Passwords in Windows XP
Here are multiple ways to recover or change passwords
on a Windows XP computer if you have forgotten your
password.
Steps
Tips and Warnings
Administrative Privileges Method
1
Use your admin privileges.If you are logged on to
an account with administrative privileges, you can
change user passwords using the following steps.
2
Click on the green Start button and click Run .
3
Type cmd into the text box and press Enter .
4
Type net user [Username of the Account] *. (For
example, net user Administrator*). Then press Enter.
Make sure you spell the username correctly, and you
have the "*" after the username and space between
username and "*".
5
Type in what you would like to reset the password
to, then press Enter . Type it in again and press
Enter.
Restart and Reset Method
1
If you are logged out of the computer and cannot
figure out the password at the start up screen, do
the following . (This typically only works on Windows
XP Home Edition.)
2
Restart the computer.
3
Tap the F8 button repeatedly while your
computer starts up . You will get a screen with a list
of options.
4
Choose Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Command
Prompt . Press Enter to confirm your selection.
5
Select your account. After waiting a while for all the
drivers to load (all the scrolling stuff), you will get the
Welcome Screen, where you choose an account to log
into. We know that the other accounts you can't get
into, but there should be a new account called
Administrator.
6
Click on the Administrator account and then use
the Administrative Privileges Method above to
reset someone's password .
Other Username Method
1
Log in with any valid account.
2
Go to Start menu .
3
Click on “Run” and type “cmd” . Click OK.
4
Type the “net user” command to view the user
accounts list .
5
Choose the account for which you want to change
the password . For example, if you change the
password of administrator account, type the
command “net user administrator *” without quotes.
Type the new password for the user and retype the
password to confirm and press enter. The password
has been successfully changed.
Note that this might not work on a limited
account.
Windows XP Method
1
Boot off your XP disk.
2
Start an installation and 'Repair' your windows
installation.
3
When the progress bar says 'Installing Devices',
press Shift-F10 to get a command window .
4
Type NUSRMGR.CPL to get the User Accounts
control panel . Change what you like.
Windows XP Password Manager Method
1
Download and install Windows Password changer
from www. password-changer. com on another
computer.
2
Run the software to create a password recovery
disk with a CD or USB drive .
3
Boot the Windows operating system from “Active
password changer” CD and chose the “Active
Password changer” option.
4
Chose the second option of “search for MS SAM
Database on all hard disk and logical drives”.
5
Press Enter to continue.
6
Chose the account number for changing the
password .
7
Press “Y” to save the changes and exit.
8
Press any key to restart the system .
Windows 2000 Method
1
Use a Windows 2000 recovery CD to boot the
machine.
2
Start the Windows Recovery Console.
3
Access anything you like.
4
Add a user with Administrator privileges.
5
Change the Administrator password .
Linux Method
1
Boot the machine with a recent version of Linux
that runs off CD.
2
Mount the Windows drive (or volume with
'Documents and Settings' in it) .
3
Access whatever files and folders you need to.
Hard Drive Method
1
Pull the hard drive from the machine.
2
Install it in a drive enclosure.
Or plug it into another machine's IDE/SATA/SCSI/
(whatever it is) port and give it power.
3
Boot up with that second machine's normal boot
drive as 'Administrator' and access or change
permissions on any files on the drive you like.
4
Put the drive back in its original case .
Tips
Press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice at the login menu to pull up
NT style login to bypass the process of booting to a
"Safe Mode".
3 Helpful? 4
To practice bypassing passwords for speed, make a
password you know and restart the computer and get
the timing right for the boot F8 menu.
Here are multiple ways to recover or change passwords
on a Windows XP computer if you have forgotten your
password.
Steps
Tips and Warnings
Administrative Privileges Method
1
Use your admin privileges.If you are logged on to
an account with administrative privileges, you can
change user passwords using the following steps.
2
Click on the green Start button and click Run .
3
Type cmd into the text box and press Enter .
4
Type net user [Username of the Account] *. (For
example, net user Administrator*). Then press Enter.
Make sure you spell the username correctly, and you
have the "*" after the username and space between
username and "*".
5
Type in what you would like to reset the password
to, then press Enter . Type it in again and press
Enter.
Restart and Reset Method
1
If you are logged out of the computer and cannot
figure out the password at the start up screen, do
the following . (This typically only works on Windows
XP Home Edition.)
2
Restart the computer.
3
Tap the F8 button repeatedly while your
computer starts up . You will get a screen with a list
of options.
4
Choose Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Command
Prompt . Press Enter to confirm your selection.
5
Select your account. After waiting a while for all the
drivers to load (all the scrolling stuff), you will get the
Welcome Screen, where you choose an account to log
into. We know that the other accounts you can't get
into, but there should be a new account called
Administrator.
6
Click on the Administrator account and then use
the Administrative Privileges Method above to
reset someone's password .
Other Username Method
1
Log in with any valid account.
2
Go to Start menu .
3
Click on “Run” and type “cmd” . Click OK.
4
Type the “net user” command to view the user
accounts list .
5
Choose the account for which you want to change
the password . For example, if you change the
password of administrator account, type the
command “net user administrator *” without quotes.
Type the new password for the user and retype the
password to confirm and press enter. The password
has been successfully changed.
Note that this might not work on a limited
account.
Windows XP Method
1
Boot off your XP disk.
2
Start an installation and 'Repair' your windows
installation.
3
When the progress bar says 'Installing Devices',
press Shift-F10 to get a command window .
4
Type NUSRMGR.CPL to get the User Accounts
control panel . Change what you like.
Windows XP Password Manager Method
1
Download and install Windows Password changer
from www. password-changer. com on another
computer.
2
Run the software to create a password recovery
disk with a CD or USB drive .
3
Boot the Windows operating system from “Active
password changer” CD and chose the “Active
Password changer” option.
4
Chose the second option of “search for MS SAM
Database on all hard disk and logical drives”.
5
Press Enter to continue.
6
Chose the account number for changing the
password .
7
Press “Y” to save the changes and exit.
8
Press any key to restart the system .
Windows 2000 Method
1
Use a Windows 2000 recovery CD to boot the
machine.
2
Start the Windows Recovery Console.
3
Access anything you like.
4
Add a user with Administrator privileges.
5
Change the Administrator password .
Linux Method
1
Boot the machine with a recent version of Linux
that runs off CD.
2
Mount the Windows drive (or volume with
'Documents and Settings' in it) .
3
Access whatever files and folders you need to.
Hard Drive Method
1
Pull the hard drive from the machine.
2
Install it in a drive enclosure.
Or plug it into another machine's IDE/SATA/SCSI/
(whatever it is) port and give it power.
3
Boot up with that second machine's normal boot
drive as 'Administrator' and access or change
permissions on any files on the drive you like.
4
Put the drive back in its original case .
Tips
Press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice at the login menu to pull up
NT style login to bypass the process of booting to a
"Safe Mode".
3 Helpful? 4
To practice bypassing passwords for speed, make a
password you know and restart the computer and get
the timing right for the boot F8 menu.
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