how can i recover a windows xp administrative password?

4 thoughts on “how can i recover a windows xp administrative password?”

1. Robob says:

   June 6, 2010 at 6:16 pm

   Not sure if this stilll works? But there use to be jumpers on motherboards. if you take the cover off your computer there should be instructions as to what each jumper does? One use to be able to clear administrative passwords off by changing a setting on the jumper. Another thing you could try is remove the CMOS battery from the motherboard for a few minutes and then put it back. That may also reset the passwords.

2. Bob says:

   June 6, 2010 at 6:16 pm

   I had a similar problem on my PC and found the password was clear.

3. Vinesh H says:

   June 6, 2010 at 6:16 pm

   You have the Blue Screen of Death. The only solution is to re-install Windows. You cannot log on or access any files with the BSOD. The Blue Screen basically means that your hard drive has failed and everything on it is now gone.

   So sorry for your lost.

4. TXm42 says:

   June 6, 2010 at 6:16 pm

   There’s no way to hack the passwords if the PC wont boot up

   It’s a Catch -22 and one of the Top Gazillion Reasons why so many people dont like Microsoft.

   My best suggestion to Recover specific files is to Physically remove the Hard Drive and install it into another computer as a "Slave Drive"

   You’ll have to have the Bootable Drive/"Master Drive" jumpered as "Master",,,,and the wonky problem drive jumpered as SLAVE.

   Or,,both jumpered as Cable Select if they are from PC’s made within last 5~7 yrs or so
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   OR…for about $20 you can get an External Drive box that connects via USB cable.
   They are Very simple to set-up.
   *Put the "bad" drive in the box
   *Plug the box’s usb cable into your other PC’s usb port.

   The good ‘puter will be able to read the bad drive,,it will probably be labelled as "D" Drive or some such

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   You SHOULD be able to then Read the "bad drive" and transfer the files to the Good Drive

   You can also run diagnotics on the "Bad" Drive and maybe fix it

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   Blue on Boot is often a HARDWARE Prob.
   A Corrupted XP installation will Usually just FREEZE during boot.

   You can TRY to make a Boot Disk set(it’s about 4 or 6?Floppies) and a pain,,,but lottsa times that can start a Bad XP.

   http://www.bootdisk.com/

   If the Dead PC has more than a single stick of RAM,,,try removing them all but 1.

   If it has ANY add-on cards,,,like NIC/Ethernet,,,Sound,,,Dial-Up Modem,,,remove them
   If it has Onboard Video,,,and also an Add-On Video Card—-remove the card & it should default to the Built In Vid.

   Ya never know if any of those may be the culprit???
   Might get Lucky??

   I Hope So,,,I hate it when that sorta stuff happens
   Good Luck

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