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[fboard]

IF U R IN TROUBLE ? LOST YOUR XP LOGIN USERNAME AND PASSWORD ......

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You can get in to anu user account if you are using windows administrative account its a simple methord !


STEP 1 . CLCIK - START MENU !
STEP 2 . TAKE "RUN"
STEP 3 . RUN "mmc" - Microsoft Management Console

There u get a new NEW WINDOW - name Console

STEP 4. Click FILE TAB
STEP 5. TAKE " ADD / REMOVE "
STEP 6. Click " Add.." - (Child window)
STEP 7. "Add Local User and Groups " From the category
STEP 8. THEN CLICK - OK
STEP 9. CLICK USER
Now u can see all USER account
STEP 10. Right Click on any user u want to change !
STEP 11. Choose " Set Password "
STEP 12. Type NEWPASSWORD - and click OK !



Process Over ! Now you can Logout .... then Login with other user ( that u change password ) with Newpassword !



Thank U
AMALRAJ
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Notice from BuffaloHELP:

Refrain from using U instead of YOU, R instead of ARE. You are smarter than that.

Edited by BuffaloHELP, 28 December 2006 - 06:21 PM.

[Hadi]

Hello fboard, and welcome to the forum. That's a nice tutorial, why didn't you post it in the tutorial sections? There are lots of tutorials concerning this topic, did you made this by yourself, or did you use some info from a site or a book on the net, if so you must quote what you copied from the site or book. Anyway, thank you for the new trick, plus it is not a hack, a hack is something unleagal, but this is perfectely legal.

[brainless]

woah, that's a nice way of doing that...

...I had to do the same at work a few months ago but since I didn't hear about the MMC back then we did it the "dump password file->brute force it"-way.

Maybe we could make it an extensive tutorial covering both methods? "my way" is especially useful if you're locked out of the admin account...

(anyways, I don't have this problem anymore with my personal computer - I can just boot from a live-CD, chroot into my hard drive and change the password )

Edited by brainless, 28 December 2006 - 12:04 PM.

[farsiscript]

oh thanks dear fboard , its very nice tut about windows user acount

[kdr_98]

Nice tutorial, but it seems that you can modify anything with the accounts.
Change the groups rights , allocate users to certain groups, ...
Can be usefull.

[delivi]

thats a great tip friend, but I've a control panel snap-in that helps me to manage the userpasswords, If you are logged into an administrator account then you can use this tool to change tht password of any account you want to change.

[coby]

what a useful info, thanks Guy, now i could protect my PC from unauthorized use

coby

[MCSESubnet]

The 3rd method (1st two being to to reset it via an administrator, or dumping the password list) is to create a new password. Then hash the new password, and then dump the password into the registry over the old one.


Although the admin reset method is the easiest.

Edited by MCSESubnet, 21 March 2007 - 07:36 PM.

[RedAlert]

Isn't this the same thing as changing the password by going to Control Panel > User Accounts? The only difference is that your version takes longer and is harder to remember. This is totally pointless...

[axa2001ro]

brainless, on Dec 28 2006, 12:03 PM, said:

...I had to do the same at work a few months ago but since I didn't hear about the MMC back then we did it the "dump password file->brute force it"-way.
Maybe we could make it an extensive tutorial covering both methods? "my way" is especially useful if you're locked out of the admin account...
(anyways, I don't have this problem anymore with my personal computer - I can just boot from a live-CD, chroot into my hard drive and change the password )

Can you please tell me how did you do that ( dump password )? I have a problem with a computer at which I don't remeber all characters from password ... and I don't want to reinstal Windows Xp ( SP2) at this time.
Thank you!

[halie]

I can't pay a compliment to the mothod,there are also many other ways to reset password.
for example,click "start"--"run"--type"cmd"---type"net user administrator yourpassword".everybody knows that~

[QuickGreen]

Cool tutorial. Thanks for the information. I am also able to just boot off a live CD if I lost my password/username.

@ BuffaloHELP:
You should've said "u r smarter then that" just kidding

[Fibre]

Eh kind of long . I like my way though. Start>Run>Cmd>Net user (username) *
It will then ask you to type in your password.
Then once more for confirmation .

[heavensounds]

Well that is a great tutorial! It can be extremely helpful if one messes or around or really forgets his password! It would also be cool to do that in front of your friends..hehe...

Thanks for it mate

[Jarlaxe]

looks good, shame i cant get it to work. i get stuck at the FILETAB part, can someone help me on this please?

[AnkitGoswami]

if you lose the administrator password then Hiten's Boot CD can be very helpful. google it, it's a collection of great free softwares.

[krap]

i use the ophcrack livecd to get passwords from xp. it cracks them really fast if they aren't difficult (eg. really long or a mixture of numbers and letters)
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

[iGuest]

recover lost windows passwordHow To Reset, Retrieve Windows Xp User Password ?Forgetting your Windows administrator login password. With no way to get into the system, you can’t even perform basic maintenance, let alone a thorough tune-up. Formatting is always an option, but we consider that a last resort. (Plus, guess who’s going to have to help reinstall all the programs lost after a wipe?) But all hope is not lost. There are a few ways to actually retrieve a lost Windows account password. Read on, and we’ll show you the light.1st Method:The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account "Administrator" and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys twice and it'll show Classic Login box. Now type "Administrator" (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.Now you can reset your account password from "Control Panel -> User Accounts".Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.2th Method:There are a lot of Windows password revealers and crackers available, but I’ve found that Windows Password Recovery Tool is the most effective.:It not only supports XP, 2003, 2000, and NT, I have personally tested it with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank passwordYou can use the ISO to burn a boot CD. Follow these instructions:1. Download Windows Password Recovery Tool ISO file from http://www.Windowspa...srecovery.Com2. Burn to a CD using a CD burning tool such as Nero or Roxio or MagicISO3. Insert CD into drive and reboot.4. You may have to select an option in the BIOS to get the computer to boot from the CD.Booting up and clearing a password takes a minute or two works like a charm.-reply by jhon

[iGuest]

IE 8, Firefox, Chrome does´nt openHow To Reset, Retrieve Windows Xp User Password ?I can´t open neither of the above browsers on windows XP sp3.Opera and Maxtron works fine.Uninstalled and installed the browsers, but nothing.I create a new user and they work in the new account!Only relevant fact, that I remember, is that when I reinstalled IE, it came with a "(no add-ons)" appended to the icon of the browser.I am just wondering: "how come?". It´s weirdPs: Norton Protection center installed. Browsers allowed on the firewall.-question by Tomg

[iGuest]

here is the methods I know.The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account "Administrator" and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget Your user account password then try this:Start system and when you See Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys Twice and it'll show Classic Login box. Now type "Administrator" (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.Now you can reset your account password from "Control Panel -> User Accounts".Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.Windows XP and further versions also provide another method to recover forgotten Password by using "Reset Disk". If you created a Password Reset Disk in Past, you can use that disk to reset the password.

-reply by Michael Armstrong

[iGuest]

password reset softwareHow To Reset, Retrieve Windows Xp User Password ?

I've been searching for days and hours for the free password reset software. I have even had an IT tech been helping me. He has been very successful at getting the programs they just don't work on my computer for some reason. Trust me I have tried everything. The only free downloads that I do find turn out to be just be a demo or free trial which does not do me any good at actually reseting my passswords. Please, take it from me, DO NOT leave your computer with an ex-boyfriend that actually knows your password and is a decietful little you know what. I finally stumbled upon this site in my last in final attempt at doing this myselp due to the fact that I am very impatient and do not want to wait any longer for anyone elses help. I downloaded the http://ophcrack.Sour...ceforge.Net/ in a last hope to get this done and over with. And needless to say it worked! Thank you all for posting your successful efforts to solve the same problems. I am taping the disk to the inside panel of my computer so that I will never be screwed again if someone else decides to the same thing or I just flat ourget my own password cause I have been known to do that. So thank you for sharing your information and knowledge with everyone else, especially me. I appreciate it more than words can say. THANK YOU!

-reply by Jennifer 

[iGuest]

when u r really stucked out of your admin account then I suggest you should download NT Password cracker. That is a live linux cd which is programmed to change password. You ll get an iso and you need to write it to a cd then boot that cd and a few enters (may be 4 - 5 ) and you r done.

it is wrong to break into anyones account without permission and I take no responsibility for what you do with this knowledge. For educational purpose only.

-reply by jaythaker

[iGuest]

Get in to users and groups this wayHow To Reset, Retrieve Windows Xp User Password ?Much quicker than using MMCStart, Run, then type control userpasswords2, then click Advanced Tab, and then Advanced button, takes you to the same screen but quicker.Then change password as the original text.-reply by NeilP

[rmills]

Nice tutorial, really helpful. My sister is always forgetting her password and this is much easier than the way I did it. Hope to see more.

[iGuest]

 hey, I also got locked out of my computer several days ago. I triedSeveral free software. It took me two days and got quite messy. Unfortunately noneOf them work for me. Finally I made it work with password genius. The good newsIs that it works. The bad news is it is not free.

-reply by sara