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August 6, 2003 at 9:06 pm #2304532

forgot Win XP Pro admin password

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by pchlp · about 19 years ago

I have a friend who forgot her login password for the admininstrator account for Win xp Pro.
How can I reset this password or change it.
THe only account I can log into is the Guest account.
Thanks in advance

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- August 7, 2003 at 1:15 am #2739959
  
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  by guy · about 19 years ago
  
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  As far as I know, recovering the admin password is not possible. Search the internet, you might find a hack tool that can discover the password, but if it’s a good password (with symbols, letters and numbers), then even that will not help
  
  Maybe Lophtcrack can help, but I doubt whether you can run and install this tool under the Guest account. You can find it under:
  http://www.evadenet.com/downloads/lophtcrack.shtml
  
  Good luck
  Guy
- August 7, 2003 at 10:14 am #2739831
  
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  by hung.pham · about 19 years ago
  
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  Recover admin password is almost impossible, but removing the password and having it reset to blank is probable. We have that here all the time at my work.
- August 7, 2003 at 9:59 pm #2738232
  
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  by mja · about 19 years ago
  
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  http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
  
  http://www.fadsoft.com/password_recovery.htm
- August 10, 2003 at 2:05 pm #2739599
  
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  by wallrae · about 19 years ago
  
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  Lost Passwords Recovery
  NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP-based … An administrator can also use it to recover any lost password and access a user’s Windows account.
  From:freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/i/iovsoft/pass.htm good luck, Wallrae
- August 12, 2003 at 4:40 pm #2738894
  
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  by angela.brown2 · about 19 years ago
  
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  You can login to an 2000/XP machine with an account that has administrative privledges and reset and the administrator account password. I have been able to do this several times.
  - August 13, 2003 at 4:04 pm #3542752
    
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- August 13, 2003 at 4:04 pm #3542751
  
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