Admins Password?

Question

in windows XP how can a person hack the admins password(if he is the limited acccount type)

Answer 1

Windows XP automatically creates a user account on your computer called "administrator". However, when you start up windows, it doesn't show up on the list of users. So here's what you do.

Shut your computer off. Then you turn it back on. While it is booting up, you keep tapping the F8 button.

That will eventually bring up a menu (don't worry if your computer starts beeping at you every time you push the F8 button... that is normal.)

On that menu that comes up, you will choose to start the computer in "Safe Mode". (use the arrow keys on the keypboard and choose Safe Mode, then hit enter.)

If another menu pops up, hit enter again... and let windows start booting into safe mode.

Eventually, a list of users will come up. Click on "administrator".

When you get all booted up into the "adminstrator" account, simply go to the control panel, double click on "users", find the account you want and click on it.

Then choose to change the password.

You can change his password to anything you want on the next screen WITHOUT knowing his old password... Remember, you are now in the hidden "administrator" account that has the power to do this.

You can change the password to anything you want... you should actually be able to set it to nothing also if that's what you want to do.

Once you have the new password changed and saved, shut down your computer again.

Now start it back up and you'll be able to get in the account you changed the password on with no problem.

This obviously won't tell you what the password was, but it WILL allow you to get access to the account.

This will work 90% of the time.

Answer 2

turn your computer off the unsafe way and wait till it askes you how to start u enter on the safe mode

Answer 3

safe mode.