windows xp lost password help?

The_Mechanix · 28th July 2007, 12:57 PM

long story short, my gran inherited a pc from my uncle who passed away recently and we dont know his password to get into the system ad ive basically sat for hours putting in anything that could possibly be the password and i was wondering if anybody knows of a way to get the password out of the system or bypass it.

Rebelius · 28th July 2007, 01:16 PM

when it's booting up hit shift+f8 to get the boot menu then boot into safe mode and log in as admin - that might not have a password, then just create a new account.

azzemojo · 28th July 2007, 01:18 PM

yeah thats how i do it

humndislocation · 28th July 2007, 04:44 PM

Yeah, if he wasn't too computer savvy, then there's a very big possiblity that there's a non-passworded account called "Administrator"

If you can get into an administrator account, then you can reset the passwords on any other accounts as needed.

AlanG · 28th July 2007, 09:38 PM

Offline NT pw & reg-editor, bootdisk

There are other similar things. Have never used so don't know if it works. There was a guy Michael somethign who had a site with a great XP keygen, he also had a utility for bypassing passwords on NT based machines but I never needed to try it

The_Mechanix · 1st August 2007, 02:15 PM

thanks guys, got in as admin and made a new account.

28th July 2007, 12:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_Mechanix Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Scumdee Posts: 163	windows xp lost password help? long story short, my gran inherited a pc from my uncle who passed away recently and we dont know his password to get into the system ad ive basically sat for hours putting in anything that could possibly be the password and i was wondering if anybody knows of a way to get the password out of the system or bypass it.

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AlanG ModSword +5 of Editing Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,413	Offline NT pw & reg-editor, bootdisk There are other similar things. Have never used so don't know if it works. There was a guy Michael somethign who had a site with a great XP keygen, he also had a utility for bypassing passwords on NT based machines but I never needed to try it __________________ Ernie Ross - "I'm not a rent-a-quote MP" 10 Sep 04 Ernie Ross being a rent-a-quote MP 23 Jul 04

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28th July 2007, 01:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,213	when it's booting up hit shift+f8 to get the boot menu then boot into safe mode and log in as admin - that might not have a password, then just create a new account.

28th July 2007, 01:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
azzemojo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 655 Band: Mason	yeah thats how i do it

28th July 2007, 04:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
humndislocation Hardcore is serious guys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,996 Band: Blasphemous Necrorapist	Yeah, if he wasn't too computer savvy, then there's a very big possiblity that there's a non-passworded account called "Administrator" If you can get into an administrator account, then you can reset the passwords on any other accounts as needed.

1st August 2007, 02:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
The_Mechanix Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Scumdee Posts: 163	thanks guys, got in as admin and made a new account.