Just a thought try this. You may not have a password set for the administrator account which may still be active.

Press Ctrl Alt and Delete at the login screen so that you can manually type a user name. Put "administrator" in username and leave the password blank.

Most people forget to set an administrator password or disable it, so its a long shot but may work, depending on your security set up.

Most Windows XP machines are built on NTFS which thankfully means that it is difficult to brute force hack the sam database, so most cracking tools won't work, and your most likely to corrupt another machine just trying to find one.

Other than a miracle your looking at a rebuild

There is a tool out there that will crack or rest your passwords for XP you will have to search GOOGLE. or email me and I can send you the file name when i get home.

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Thanks heaps for your help, marty and l8nitesurfer, I really appreciate it.

Hello,

Just a note to advise something... this is why physical security is important on servers... because tools like the one you just referred people to are very dangerous in the wrong hands, and they are only effective if you can boot the machine with the tool and it's own OS. Physical security prevents people from doing what you are proposing.

Christian

what you do with this program is your problem i was simply giving him the tools to fix his problem. If your system is that important then you need to think about encrypting those files. There will always be people out there that want to do harm.
cya

People really need to use the XP option to create a password reset floppy when they set up a system.
Even if you change your password then forget it you can just drop in the floppy and reset it.

have you tried booting to safe mode [hit f8 on bootup]/go into admin and control panel /users and remove the password from your acct

safe mode still need the password.

The link to the software i provide does work Caperjack i have been using it for quite a while. I however will not give instructions on how to use it. Just make sure that you read everything very very carefully.
I don't know about you guys but when i build a system I don't put a floppy drive in. I have no use for one when i can use a bootable cd, second what good does it do you if you have a password boot disk floating around this could be a huge secrutiy issue.