Retrieve Lost Windows login Password
It’s really frustrating if you lost the password for your Windows system or you change it and not able to remember the new password, which happened to me couple of times. For non techie people,there is no option but to reinstall the whole operating system as they don’t know any other option to recover the lost windows login password. But there are ways using which you can retrieve the lost windows login password without installing Windows. Just follow these steps -
1> Enter your Windows XP CD the boot your PC. Remember to change the boot sequence at BIOS and set CD as the first option
2> Now on reboot the installation screen appears and it will start setup files. After it completes press F8 to continue and choose REPAIR option by pressing R.
3> Now the Repair process will take few minutes and then it will reboot the system.
4> After this, at the bottom left of installation screen you will get the process is Installing Devices. Press SHIFT+F10.
5> You will get a Command Prompt and type NUSRMGR.CPL the hit enter. It will bring up a screen with user accounts.
6> Now, simply select and change the password of the account you need and exit the command prompt.
7> Next the process may ask you for the XP CD Key, enter and continue login to your system with the new password. It will keep all existing settings of your previously installed Windows.
Ideally, whoever you change the password, just write it in a pace of paper in different order adding few characters and numbers to it so others can not get the original password from it but you can.
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1 Response to “Retrieve Lost Windows login Password”
1tannpopo on Oct 15, 2009 :
If you forget the administrator’s password but still can log on Windows with other user names that have administrative privileges, you may follow the instructions below:
Right click the computer icon on your desktop, select Manage, find Local Users and Groups, unfold Users folder, right click Administrator, click Set password… in the menu comes up. Click Proceed in the dialog, in the pop-up, enter a New Password and confirm it. Your administrator’s password is successfully reset.
Guest account may help to log onto Windows, but it has no privilege for you to do the above to reset the administrator’s password.
If you forgot all user passwords and failed to log onto Windows, there is no other way but to format the OS and reinstall Windows, or resort to sort of software tools to remove the password and log onto Windows. These programs cost some bucks, but are worthy and better than to reinstall the OS causing consequences. The most popular programs are Windows Password Reset 6.0 etc. Generally, these programs are easy to use though turn out to be a scary command prompt to newbie. But do relax and you can fully manipulate. Let’s take Windows Password Reset 6.0 for example. You prepare a blank CD, burn the program onto the CD, boot the locked computer from the CD, come to initiate the program, locate the user name, and proceed to remove its password – all are at ease.