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Need help getting into administrator account on donated XP Pro PCs.

We are a non-profit and have 6 donated Dell PCs but without the administrator password. We need to retrieve/reset the administrator password to be able to use the PCs Can anyone help with knowledge of free software retrieve/reset the administrator password?

This is for legitamate, legal access to the donated hardware / software.

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rotech_IT

Try leaving the password blank. If that doesn't work you can use this:

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/gr/ophcrack.htm

PowerEdgeTech

Or About.com's number 1-rated password recovery utility, which I use:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/tp/passrecovery.htm

BuggyCoder

if they are not a part of any domain, rename their SAM File, password will reset automatically to empty password....

BariumSprings

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Go it.
Reset to blank using the "http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm" tool.

Thanks.

PowerEdgeTech

Good to hear.

PowerEdgeTech

A great tool to have if you don't mind using stolen software. No one recommended it because it is against the rules of EE to recommend pirated software :)

marsilies

The Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) has the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor included on it.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Here's a guide on using the tool:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ss/ontpre-screenshot-guide_3.htm

marsilies

A big problem with [Admin Edit -VM] still is that it comes with a bootable Windows environment, while not having the license to distribute those Windows files.

It's why the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows doesn't come as a downloadable ISO, but instead is an executable that builds an ISO from a user-supplied Windows install disc:
http://www.ubcd4win.com/faq.htm#iso

John Jennings

That's good to know. Thank you for the detail, and let it be known it was never my intention to violate EE rules. I really dig this forum, and I just got my master badge. :)

Anyways, thanks for giving me the skinny.

PowerEdgeTech

Usually the moderators will edit posts with references to it. Congrats Master JohnThePro.

John Jennings

Thank you. :)

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