Need urgent help - reset Windows XP admin password

Burnsy2023

Burnsy2023

Burnsy2023

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Right, I need to reset an admin password.

My tools:

One Macbook pro
3 DVD-Rs.

How do I do this considering I have no CDs to burn an image for the reset tools?
 
What about that from a command prompt:
net user administrator 123456

or something?
 
Burnsy2023 said:
Don't have one with me, only the tools above.
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Ok.. I dont know if this happend to you because you have not said about if you lost or whatever the password

But I had this on xp for no reason.well infact I had no password but it asked for one
and no matter what I tried I could not get in.
So i pulled out the jack for the cable modem and it went right in :)


I have since found out XP thought it was on a domain.
I dont know if this will help.

And I take it you can't get your hands on a XP install cd?
 
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Burnsy2023 said:
I have access to a guest account. Its got Windows SteadyState on it, so both styles of login.

How would safe mode help?
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http://trickurpc.blogspot.com/2007/09/reset-xp-user-password-using-dos.html

Give it a shoot if all else fails.

Try this in the guest account it may work

  1. Click on ‘Start‘ and then on ‘Run…‘.
  2. Type ‘cmd‘ (opens up the command prompt).
  3. Now type net user * (do not omit the spaces)
  4. You will get a prompt like .. Type a password for the user:
  5. Type the desired password and press Enter key. Also note that you wont see *****s as you type but don’t worry.
  6. You will again get a prompt like .. Retype the password to confirm:
 
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deuse said:
Ok.. I dont know if this happend to you because you have not said about if you lost or whatever the password

But I had this on xp for no reason.well infact I had no password but it asked for one
and no matter what I tried I could not get in.
So i pulled out the jack for the cable modem and it went right in :)


I have since found out XP thought it was on a domain.
I dont know if this will help.

And I take it you can't get your hands on a XP install cd?
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No the password was forgotten :)
 
deuse said:
http://trickurpc.blogspot.com/2007/09/reset-xp-user-password-using-dos.html

Give it a shoot if all else fails.

Try this in the guest account it may work

  1. Click on ‘Start‘ and then on ‘Run…‘.
  2. Type ‘cmd‘ (opens up the command prompt).
  3. Now type net user * (do not omit the spaces)
  4. You will get a prompt like .. Type a password for the user:
  5. Type the desired password and press Enter key. Also note that you wont see *****s as you type but don’t worry.
  6. You will again get a prompt like .. Retype the password to confirm:
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Nope, none of that worked.
 
OK, it is messy but it works (or has done in the past!)...under the guest account you may or may not be able to access the system32 folder. If you can, do the following:

find logon.scr
rename it to logon.scr.old
create a copy of cmd.exe
rename it to logon.scr
reboot and leave it at the logon point until it kicks off the ''screensaver''
it should load up an admin level command prompt and you can change it using the usual net user administrator *password*
 
Burnsy2023 said:
How would safe mode help?
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Well it can help if the 'super admin account' hasn't been used, since when you boot up in safemode if appears for you to log in to (Or at least a brand new admin account appeared for me when I had to do this on my parents machine). However if the password is for said account then it won't be of any use.
 
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