XP password recovery

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Old Hippy

Hi looking for a winXP password recovery do-hickey.
My friend forgot his password and we are both at a loss he is the admin.
e-mail add is fake please reply to group.
thank you
Old Hippy
 
Hi looking for a winXP password recovery do-hickey.
My friend forgot his password and we are both at a loss he is the admin.
my apologies. i didn't read closely enough before suggesting
BehindTheAsterisks. BTA won't work for this...

try this instead:

at the welcome/login screen, try hitting ctril+alt+delete and see if
you can get a username and password prompt to pop up. if you do, enter
"Administrator" for login and leave the password blank.

this has actually allowed me to gain access to some of my client's
accounts where they have forgotten their admin password. but this only
works if no password was entered for the "Administrator" account when
xp was installed. i know that sounds lame, but i've found it to work
quite often.

hth. best of luck!
 
lil' johnny bongwater said:
my apologies. i didn't read closely enough before suggesting
BehindTheAsterisks. BTA won't work for this...

try this instead:

at the welcome/login screen, try hitting ctril+alt+delete and see if
you can get a username and password prompt to pop up. if you do, enter
"Administrator" for login and leave the password blank.

this has actually allowed me to gain access to some of my client's
accounts where they have forgotten their admin password. but this only
works if no password was entered for the "Administrator" account when
xp was installed. i know that sounds lame, but i've found it to work
quite often.

hth. best of luck!

Thank you all,will try tommarow.
From freak to geek who would of thunk it lol.
Old Hippy
 
Thank you all,will try tommarow.
From freak to geek who would of thunk it lol.
no kidding. the same thing happened here!
well, if you can ever use any more 'freak geek' help, just drop me a
line.
 
Dude thats cool!!!
Thought maby all that SUNSHINE mutated me lol.
drop me a line im in Mich. Real add is fastpc at ameritech dot net.
Thanks Again
Old Hippy
 
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