Password problem

Hello - I was trying to get rid of the XP welcome screen on my Compaq pc - in doing so the guideline I followed got me into some trouble. I put in a password ( one I commonly use) and on reboot it did not recognize it - so I am locked out of the pc. Can I do anything? Thank you! D

 

Try booting in Safe Mode and then doing a System Restore to a time before you attempted the change.

You might need to be in Admin to do it.

 

XP Home or Pro...? It matters: see here.

Failing that:

If it was a simple dictionary type password, the basic-tables Ophcrack live CD might recover it.

I have also tested this method of resetting your (admin) account password and it worked on both machines I tried.

You will, of course have to have access to another machine to create the required disk(s)...

HTH

philby

 

There are programs for resetting Windows password.

The one I'm familiar with is called Active@ Password Changer. You can use it to create a boot disk (floppy, cd, ...), which lets you change the password. However, it's not free but you could try the demo.

I also think BartPE or the XPE plugin for it includes a free password changer, however I'm not sure (never used it), plus you would have to build a BartPE rescue disk on another computer.