URGENT IT HELP NEEDED

bradders · 06-Jun-2005, 18:28

HELP!!

have windows XP home and set up a user password, trouble is I have forgotten it!! and the hint doesnt help - EEK! it now goes to log in screen but cant get any furter.

what can I do to bypass this/reset password? Laymen terms please....currently logged on from work but wifey very cross

specially as I am away until Weds...

Thanks
Paul

rockhopper · 06-Jun-2005, 18:38

Used to be able to press escape to bypass it then just delete everything with a .pwl extension. Thats under 95 etc, i havent tried it under XP.

Murray Mint · 06-Jun-2005, 18:44

Sorry to say but your out of luck unless you can get your hands on some utils from the internet, maybe this one? http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html look around the end of the page for the download.

Murray Mint

TP · 06-Jun-2005, 19:31

l0phtcrack is a 'utility' I've used to break into NT 4.0 before. I'm less hands on these days so I haven't used anything like it recently.

You'll need a boot disk that can read whatever filesystem you have formatted your system partition with. The default is NTFS which can't be read from a DOS boot disk so you'll need an NTFS bootdisk if you've used it.

Hope that helps.

JPM · 06-Jun-2005, 19:49

Quote:

Originally posted by rockhopper
Used to be able to press escape to bypass it then just delete everything with a .pwl extension. Thats under 95 etc, i havent tried it under XP.

OLDSKOOL!

bradders · 06-Jun-2005, 19:51

cheers guys - panic over, seems she could get into other user accounts so reset the password from there.....bloomin technophobes!!

rockhopper · 06-Jun-2005, 20:28

Quote:

Originally posted by JPM

Quote:

Originally posted by rockhopper
Used to be able to press escape to bypass it then just delete everything with a .pwl extension. Thats under 95 etc, i havent tried it under XP.

OLDSKOOL!

I should never have uninstalled 3.1!

Glyn · 06-Jun-2005, 20:37

bring back dos

Loz · 06-Jun-2005, 22:10

Quote:

Originally posted by Glyn
bring back dos

DR-DOS, not that MS crap.

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06-Jun-2005, 18:38	#2
rockhopper Registered Forum User Ducati Corse Posts: 3,367 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Pinxton Used to be able to press escape to bypass it then just delete everything with a .pwl extension. Thats under 95 etc, i havent tried it under XP. Reply

06-Jun-2005, 18:44	#3
Murray Mint Registered Forum User Big Twin Posts: 1,575 Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: West Sussex Mood: Waiting for the change (Not the menopause) Sorry to say but your out of luck unless you can get your hands on some utils from the internet, maybe this one? http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html look around the end of the page for the download. Murray Mint Reply

06-Jun-2005, 19:51	#6
bradders Registered Forum User MotoGP God Bikes: 848, M620 DD bike Posts: 11,913 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hants Mood: waiting... cheers guys - panic over, seems she could get into other user accounts so reset the password from there.....bloomin technophobes!! Reply

06-Jun-2005, 20:37	#8
Glyn Registered Forum User Ducati Meccanica Posts: 2,505 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: lost in space Mood: st2......we can rebuild bring back dos Reply