In case of a User’s Password loss.
Boot the PC in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key when starting your computer.
Select the Safe Mode option. You can now Login as an Administrator and XP won’t prompt for the Password.
Try rebooting the PC in DOS.
Now, Access to C:\Windows\system32\config\SAM.
Rename SAM as SAM.mj.
Now XP won’t ask for Password next time you Login.
Now, again go to Start menu –> Run.
Type there cmd prompt.
Type net user
It will list all the users.
Again type net user “administrator” or the name of the administrator “name” *.
It will ask for the Password. Type the Password and there you are done.
Hold the Ctrl+Alt key and press Del twice. This will bring up the normal login and you can log on as Administrator. To unhide the Administrator account so it does show up.
Again go to Start –> Run –> regedit.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> SOFTWARE –> Microsoft –> Windows NT –> CurrentVersion –> Winlogon –> SpecialAccounts –> UserList.
Unhide the Administrator key by giving it a value of 1
Boot the PC in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key when starting your computer.
Select the Safe Mode option. You can now Login as an Administrator and XP won’t prompt for the Password.
Try rebooting the PC in DOS.
Now, Access to C:\Windows\system32\config\SAM.
Rename SAM as SAM.mj.
Now XP won’t ask for Password next time you Login.
Now, again go to Start menu –> Run.
Type there cmd prompt.
Type net user
It will list all the users.
Again type net user “administrator” or the name of the administrator “name” *.
It will ask for the Password. Type the Password and there you are done.
Hold the Ctrl+Alt key and press Del twice. This will bring up the normal login and you can log on as Administrator. To unhide the Administrator account so it does show up.
Again go to Start –> Run –> regedit.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> SOFTWARE –> Microsoft –> Windows NT –> CurrentVersion –> Winlogon –> SpecialAccounts –> UserList.
Unhide the Administrator key by giving it a value of 1