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Bring the computer to a professional to have them remove the password once they verify ownership.

Other than that we don't help with cracking passwords on this site.

I have bookmarked a tutorial titled:

<b>Forgot XP Administrator Password Reset | Recover Lost Windows XP Password</b>

U can google search the title and get detailed tutorials!

I agree with cmiller5400 we reset password for our office and mantain a secure password list we will not crack a password without verifing ownership no one should on personal systems

Prove it is yours and I will be happy to help you.

Other than that, Reformat the drive and reinstall Windows.

Sorry.

Download hiren or windows PE CD image, boot the system with the cd created from the downloaded image, there are tools to re-set the password.

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