I forgot my windows xp password for the logon welcome screen.  Heres the steps i 
try and fail:
1. Disable from safemode.  It ask me for the pass word before i get to the desktop
2. Revert to an earlier state that I can remember a password.  I still do not remember 
the password
3.  Using linux software in an attempt to either remove the password or change it 
to something else.  It didn't work.

I am on a p4 1.3ghz with xp pro service pack 1.
I use another type of program and I got a hash code like this

Administrator:500:f5,25,DD,7A,9C,59,ED,27,52,DB,7F,97,5F,79,0F,7B,EF:
_F1,34,B9,92,E4,ED,4F,A3,F5,0E,A0,AD,3D,4B,BD,2D,XX:::

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If all those steps fail, then do a Repair Install of XP.

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something to remember, if you use the same user name when you do the repair, it'll overwrite your 'my documents' folder. so if you want to get back to any data there, you'll need to use a different name, and hope you didn't secure you're files.

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Try OPHCRACK, free from http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

The "live CD" will boot a PC, outside of XP, then try to read the encrypted passwords 
and then decode them using something called rainbow tables.

Note that this software with finite rainbow tables will not decode all passwords, 
but can get many of them.  Short passwords have a better chance than long ones.

It runs in about 2 minutes on a 2.5 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 Gig or RAM.

Good luck.






On Friday, October 12, 2007 at 6:58 am, vkfreelancer wrote:

>I forgot my windows xp password for the logon welcome screen.  Heres the steps i 

>try and fail:

>1. Disable from safemode.  It ask me for the pass word before i get to the desktop

>2. Revert to an earlier state that I can remember a password.  I still do not remember 

>the password

>3.  Using linux software in an attempt to either remove the password or change it 

>to something else.  It didn't work.

>

>I am on a p4 1.3ghz with xp pro service pack 1.

>I use another type of program and I got a hash code like this

>

>Administrator:500:f5,25,DD,7A,9C,59,ED,27,52,DB,7F,97,5F,79,0F,7B,EF:

>_F1,34,B9,92,E4,ED,4F,A3,F5,0E,A0,AD,3D,4B,BD,2D,XX::: 

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Boot to Safe Mode and login as Administrator (no password unless you added one). Then open User Accounts in Control Panel and change/remove the password.

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From xpsux.moo.no

Password reset tool (warning: don't use this if you use XPs buil-in EFS encryption):
home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Free (but slow) password recovery service:
loginrecovery.com

Use your XP install disk to change your password through a M$ security hole:
pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305

Crack your own password with the Ophcrack Live CD:
ophcrack.sourceforge.net

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make windows xp behave

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Your password is: presario


On Friday, October 12, 2007 at 6:58 am, vkfreelancer wrote:
>I forgot my windows xp password for the logon welcome screen. Heres the steps i
>try and fail:
>1. Disable from safemode. It ask me for the pass word before i get to the desktop
>2. Revert to an earlier state that I can remember a password. I still do not remember
>the password
>3. Using linux software in an attempt to either remove the password or change it
>to something else. It didn't work.
>
>I am on a p4 1.3ghz with xp pro service pack 1.
>I use another type of program and I got a hash code like this
>
>Administrator:500:f5,25,DD,7A,9C,59,ED,27,52,DB,7F,97,5F,79,0F,7B,EF:
>_F1,34,B9,92,E4,ED,4F,A3,F5,0E,A0,AD,3D,4B,BD,2D,XX:::

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ZeruelX, I, too, have managed to get the hash codes to my user login, but don't know what to do with them. If I sent you the codes, could you, PLEASE, convert them for me, or direct me to a website that will help me to do it? I will be eternally grateful bren


On Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 2:20 pm, ZeruelX of Zinj wrote:
>Your password is: presario
>
>
>

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Yes, you can try to email it to me, or post on this forum: http://forum.insidepro.com/viewforum.php?f=16

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