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If you forget your user password on Windows XP or Vista, you can use a hidden Administrator account to reset the password. If you’ve manually disabled access to your Admin account, there are a few other ways you can find or reset this password.
Steps
Windows XP Password Reset
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Restart the computer.
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Hold down the F8 key before the Windows logo and loading bar appear. This will bring you to the Advanced Startup menu.
- If the machine has entered Windows, you will have to reboot and try again.
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Select “Safe Mode” or “Safe Mode with Networking”. Wait for Windows to load into Safe Mode.
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Select the “Administrator” account.
- If you don’t see the Administrator account, or if you’re directed to the Safe Mode screen, press Ctrl + Alt + Del twice and type Administrator in the User field. Leave the Password field blank.
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Open the Control Panel. You can find this panel on the Start menu.
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Open the “User Accounts” utility.
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Select the user for which you want to change the password.
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Click “Change the password”.
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Enter the new password twice. Click Change Password to confirm.
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Restart the computer. Thanks to that, you exit Safe Mode and can log in with the new password.
Windows Vista Password Reset
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Find the Windows Vista installation or recovery disc. To follow this method, you need to go to the Recovery Conspe, a feature that can only be accessed with the installation or recovery disc for Windows Vista.
- You can download the Windows Vista ISO file and burn it to DVD. It doesn’t have to be the installation disc that you used to install the operating system on your computer, but it should be the installation disc for the same version of Windows.
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Insert the installation disc into your computer.
Restart the computer.
Go to BIOS settings. When the POST screen (shown before the loading bar appears and usually with the computer manufacturer logo) appears, press the suggested button to enter your BIOS setup.
- Refer to related articles for more detailed explanation.
Set the computer to boot from the drive and save the settings.
- Refer to the article on booting the computer from a CD for a more detailed explanation.
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Restart the computer.
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Press any button to boot from the inserted disc. The Setup program starts.
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Click . Next on the Install Windows screen.
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Click “Repair your computer”. This item is located in the lower left corner of the Install Windows screen. After clicking, wait a while for the Setup program to locate your Windows installation.
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Select “Windows Vista” and click . Next > . Make a note of the drive used to install Windows. Usually it’s the C: drive, but sometimes it’s the D: drive.
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Select “Command Prompt” from the System Recovery Options menu.
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Type . copy c:windowssystem32utilman.exe c: . Press Enter.
- If the Windows version is installed on the D: drive, replace c: with d: .
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Type . copy c:windowssystem32cmd.exe c:windowssystem32utilman.exe . Press Enter.
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Type . y and press Enter.
- As a result, you will be able to load the command line interpreter from the login screen without having to start Windows.
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Remove the installation or recovery disc and restart the computer. Let Windows restart as usual.
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Click the Accessibility button located in the lower left corner of the Windows login screen. Command Prompt will be opened instead of Accessibility options. [1] X Research Source
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Type . net user new_username_password_username . Press Enter. Replace username_name with the username you want to change the password for, and new_password with the new password.
- For example: net user_admin_new_password
- If there is a space in your username, enclose it in quotes (e.g. net user "Nguyen Van A" password_password ).
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Sign in with your new password. The new password is ready to go as soon as you run the command. You can use it to log in instantly.
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Create a password reset disk. Once you’re back in Windows, you can create a password reset disk to avoid similar problems in the future. Using this disc allows you to quickly retrieve your lost password. Read more to understand the specific steps in creating and using the disc above.
Crack Windows XP or Windows Vista password
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Download OPHCrack. This is a free and open source utility that uses some advanced algorithms to crack your passwords. This program is freely available to the developers with all the code being publicly available and peer-reviewed. OPHCrack is provided in ISO format, which means that to use it you need to burn it to a CD/DVD.
- Just download OPHCrack from the official SourceForge site. This is the version directly from the developers. Do not load any version of OPHCrack that is issued as an EXE. Make sure you have downloaded the correct version for your version of Windows.
- Some antivirus programs identify OPHCrack as a virus. That’s because it contains a number of tools that are classified as “malware”: they are specifically designed to gain unauthorized access to computer systems. However, using OPHCrack from the SourceForge site will not expose the computer to any virus attack.
- If you can’t access your computer because it’s locked, you’ll have to work on another computer.
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Burn the OPHCrack ISO file to a blank disc. Thanks to that, you can boot from the drive and load OPHCrack software without having to load Windows.
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Boot the computer from your burned OPHCrack disc. Insert the disc into the machine where you need to crack the password and boot from the drive. Please refer to more for how to configure, allow the computer to boot from the drive. When properly configured with the computer, OPHCrack will automatically run when the computer is started.
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Select “Ophcrack Graphic mode – automatic” and press Enter. After downloading the files, OPHCrack will open a graphical menu.
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Wait for OPHCrack to regain the lost aperture. Once running, OPHCrack will automatically begin an attempt to recover all your passwords. It can take a while, especially with complex passwords.
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Find your username. In the User column, you will see any active Windows User accounts.
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Find your found password. Found passwords will be displayed in the “NT Pwd” column. If for a certain user, this column says “empty”, then that user does not have a password.
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Write down your password, remove the disc, and restart the computer. You can now log into Windows as usual, using the password you just recovered. [2] X Research Source
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Create a password reset disk. Once you’re back in Windows, you can create a password reset disk to avoid similar problems in the future. This disc will help you quickly recover your lost password.
Warning
- Running OPHCrack on a computer that is not yours or that you are not authorized to use is considered unauthorized access and is illegal.
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If you forget your user password on Windows XP or Vista, you can use a hidden Administrator account to reset the password. If you’ve manually disabled access to your Admin account, there are a few other ways you can find or reset this password.
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