How to Recover Windows Password XP

 Windows XP password recovery  No Responses »
Apr 172012
 

Have you ever wished to recover Windows XP password after you forgot or lost it?
If you are using Windows operating systems, you may find a common problem: forgetting Windows password. No matter you are using Windows XP, Vista, or Win 7, once you forgot your Windows password, you will be locked out of your computer.

So after you forgot your Windows XP password or password for other Windows operating versions, have you wished to recover it? Or do you believe that it can still be recovered or reset so that you can regain access to your computer?

It’s not that complicated to recover lost Windows XP password.
Actually to recover password Windows XP is not that complicated. Instead, if you choose the right way or the right tool, you can recover it easily and quickly. In this article, I am going to share 2 ways to recover Windows XP administrator password and of course these ways will be also suitable for other Windows versions of password recovery.

How to recover Windows XP password efficiently?
If you leaved the Windows built-in administrator filed blank when you were installing Windows on your computer, you then can try this little trick to recover Windows XP password.

Way 1: Try Windows built-in Administrator account.

  1. Simply turn on your PC and wait some seconds until you see Windows user login screen.
  2. Hit “ALT”, “CTRL”, “DEL” keys on your keyboard at the same time twice.
  3. Now you can see another old classic style login window. Then just type Administrator in username field and leave password filed blank. After that hit “Enter” key.
  4. Now you can get into your Windows XP system, and then you can change or remove your forgotten Windows XP password from “Control Panel”.

But if you failed to recover lost Windows XP password in this way, is there any other way to fix the problem? For sure there is. This is why some professional Windows password recovery tools were developed for.

Way 2: Recover lost Windows XP password with Windows Password Reset Basic.
I wish I have a lot to say about such an amazing tool, but I cannot. You can just perform 3 steps to finish the Windows XP password recovery process, and each step only requires you 1 or 2 clicks.
Step1: Download and install. Download, install and run Windows Password Recovery Basic to an accessible computer. (Not the locked computer)
Step2: Burn a password reset disk. Insert a blank and writable CD/DVD to the computer and clicking “Burn CD/DVD” to start burning a Windows XP password reset disk. Once the burning finishes, take out the CD/DVD.
Step3: Recover Windows XP password with the password reset disk. Insert the burned CD/DVD to the target PC and set this PC boot from CD/DVD. After that, start to recover lost Windows XP password with the burned password reset disk in 2 clicks.

How to recover Windows XP password?

 Windows Password Reset, XP Password Reset  69 Responses »
Nov 302010
 

Setting Windows XP password can help us prevent others logging into our PC without permission. However, every coin has two sides. on the one hand, it helps us very much in our privacy protection. On the other hand, For the sake of carelessness or accidence, we are perplexed with the problem of losing password. Thanks to the development of technology, many tricks are available to recover Windows XP password. In some cases, recovering from a lost password can be very easy though.

In order to show completeness, we start with the simplest tips that can help you regain access to a locked account.

You can login with another user account

If you have another user account or you share your computer with others, things will be much simpler. Log into the Windows with the other account and perform the following steps:
1. Click “Start” button
2. Click “Run”
3. In the “Open” field, type “control userpasswords2”
4. Click “OK”

Windows opens a user accounts dialog. Select the user with the lost password and click the “Reset Password” button. Enter a new password, and click ok. Click ok once again and you are ready. Now you can log on to your account using the new password.

Recover Windows XP password with a boot disk or a bootable CD.

If there are no other users on your machine to unlock your account, you need to boot your pc from outside your usual Windows XP environment using a boot disk or a bootable CD. But this progress often presents very quickly and if you are not proficient with technology, it will be hard for you. Then how to solve this headache problem easier?

Ask the help of third party Windows XP password recovery tool

Of course, you will need access to another PC to create a boot disk or bootable CD. Nowadays, many tools support bootable USB. Easily burn the BIOS image file to the CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive, reboot the PC with the CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive, then you regain access to your PC. Here let’s take Windows Password Recovery Enhance for example. Only four steps, we can log into the PC again.
Step 1. Download Windows Password Recovery Enhance and install the program on the other unlocked computer.
Step 2: Burn bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive
Step 3: BIOS setting
Step 4: Recover Windows XP password