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lost xp for home admin password

My PC will not boot into windows. I want to do a repair but have lost my admin password. Anyone got any ideas?

DennyF
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If your doing a repair via the recovery console, try hitting enter (with no password).

Most OEM's leave this blank.

Michael_Knight
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Tried that, it tells me any password I enter is not the correct one.

DennyF
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My PC will not boot into windows. I want to do a repair but have lost my admin password. Anyone got any ideas?


Download Hiren's Boot CD - http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd
Boot pc from CD and look for password recovery or change tools.

kovach
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Ophcrack has worked for me in this situation:
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

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