I forgot my password to Windows XP Professional. How can I disable the password?

Question

I am stuck on the login screen on my laptop and need to know a way to get around the password? Please help!

Answer 1

I'm a professional so no need to send anything!

Well this one will atually work but be careful to follow these steps closely OK let's start---
1.) First if you have another account other than the system administrator and you can bring up the Windows command Shell which is cmd.exe then your ready.

2.) To open cmd.exe just click on the Start button and click RUN
type cmd.exe once you've done that then your in.

3.) go to the system root directory by typing "cd\" without the quotes, next type "cd\windows\system32\" OR "cd\winnt\system32"
depending on where the Windows [stuff] are located.

4.) once you see system32 at the end of the command line. (warning! here comes the hard part).

5.) start by typing "mkdir tempdir" without the qoutes press enter
next type "copy logon.scr tempdir\logon.scr" also "copy cmd.exe tempdir\cmd.exe" again no quotes, press enter after each line
(type help to understand what you are doing)

6.) next "del logon.scr" deletes original logon.scr

7.) next "rename cmd.exe logon.scr" renames cmd.exe to logon.scr

8.)"exit" quits dos

9.)Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command program
and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots the
screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.
Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes
"net user password"
If the Administrator Account is called Frank and you want the password *SHEET* enter this
"net user Frank SHEET"

10.) and this changes the password on franks machine to *SHEET* and your in.
p.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracks

11.) Now log off the machine, logon.scr is the screen saver that will kick in after 15 minutes of not touching the keyboard/mouse at the logon screen. Wait 15-20 minutes and a DOS prompt with FULL SYSTEM rights will pop up, then just to
C:\> net user administrator
and then log in with the new account.
Try this, might work, as long as he didn't change default permissions on C:\winnt and C:\winnt\system32 you should be golden.
Best answer?

Answer 2

Are you on a domain? If so, call your systems admin.

If not, go here: home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd

But be forwarned that this will break security on XP Pro. If you have any encrypted files they'll be lost forever.

One other thought, though. Every XP box has an Administrator account. This is hidden if you're using the "home" logon screen with icons for each user. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice to bring up the standard logon dialog box. Type Administrator for the account name (spelling counts!) and leave the password blank and press Enter. Most home machines don't have an Administrator password set so this may get you going.

Answer 3

Ok thats a tough one, you basically cant do it if this is the Adminstrator password you are talking about, if this machine can log onto domain ( if you are on a network) then you can use your Domain Administrator login password to get in. If this is just a home machine then I would suggest get the hard disk out back up all the data on other machine and whack the OS on this machine and start fresh :)

Answer 4

windows xp professional has reset password.
all you need is a blank floppy disk.
Start your pc on the welcome screen press ctrl+alt+del
until log in screen appears, click on forgot my password and follow instruction: The next time you login just put the floppy disk.

ps: i havent tried this before, kindly inform me if you done it.

Answer 5

send it to a professional

and when you have this fixed, create another administrator account. so when you forget your password, use the 2nd administrator account to reset it. (My Idea along time ago)

( OPTIONAL )
you can set a simple password on it if you want like ur name or just 1234 ( on the 2nd administrator account )

do this and you wont have to worry about your password again without doing alot of work like command prompts, cmd.exe, or any other things

Answer 6

Try these site. Don't know if it will work
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Answer 7

what idiot forgets their password