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Lost Admin Password

I have lost the administartor's password on an XP  Home machine. I do not want to reinstall Windows if at all possible. I have seen a couple of software packages in the $200 range that claim to be able to reset lost administartors' passwords. Three questions:
1. Are you aware of any cheaper pacakges?
2. In your experience does this type of package work? and
3. Is there any other way of reseting a lost administartor's password without reinstalling windows (via the recovery console for example)?
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hi:
try to look at links below..
Visit here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20348448/Windows-XP-administrator-password-LOST.html

Another method: (refer to this link:https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20671210/i-forgot-my-admin-password-using-windows-xp.html )
Parallelly install XP in D: drive:

Once installed XP parallelly (in D:) drive, it is easy to reset the password in the primary XP installation.

Start Windows XP (D: drive)
Open Explorer.exe and goto "C:\windows\system32\config"
Rename the file called "SAM" to "SAM1"
Now, copy the SAM file from "D:\windows\repair" to c:\windows\system32\config. This file contains the password of your Windows XP (D: drive installation).

ThanQ