Lost password`

[jake4d1]

I just got a computer from my cousin's ex sister in law (old pos thing). But the problem is that she forgot the password to the only account on the computer and I need to know how to get around it.
I know of a few programs that I can burn to a cd as a bootable disk, but I don't have a cd burner. Does anybody know of a way to get around this thing with a backdoor password or a 3.5 in floppy?

 

[Guest]

Either boot into Safe Mode and login as Administrator or download Offline NT Password Editor and create a bootdisk floppy. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Grumpy

 

[jake4d1]

It's xp though. And the only account on the computer is the admin.

 

[Guest]

It's xp though. And the only account on the computer is the admin.

Are what do you think XP is? Did you even try it?

Grumpy

 

[Khan48]

there should be another admin in safe mode w/ windows that isn't locked. This is the built in admin account. Its kinda infamous for being really easy to get around passwords

 

[choknuti]

That is unless the built in account is disabled (which I always do). If the OP doesn't need the info on the HDD he can always format and do a clean installation.