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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)?
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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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\confi
Rename the file called "SAM" to "SAM1"
Now, copy the SAM file from "D:\windows\repair" to c:\windows\system32\config