Forgot admin password on windows xp professional

Have Mercy. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account with administrative privileges you can log into that account and change your original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in Control Panel.

If you don't have another account like this set up or don't have the password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in Administrator account. Do this by repeatedly tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account.

The default password is a blank. Type in "Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows. If you have XP Pro or Media Center and were using the built-in Administrator account for your regular work and it is therefore the only user account on the system, there are ways to change the password for that account to a blank. Microsoft doesn't permit us to tell you how in these forums.

Boot your computer normally. You will be presented with a traditional logon screen. Type in Administrator into the username box and click OK. After logging into the default Administrator account, open the Control Panel and you can reset Windows XP password for any user account.

PCUnlocker can run directly from either a CD or a USB drive no installation required , and bypass or reset your forgotten password without data loss. Wait until the boot process is finished, you'll see the main window of the PCUnlocker utility. Select the administrator account from the list, and click the Reset Password button. It will fix the most common account access issues and reset Windows XP password immediately. Reboot without the CD and you can login without password!

If you have a need, you can set a new password for your computer after getting into Windows XP system, but do set one that you can remember. To start resetting your Windows XP forgot password click on your Windows search icon and there will a number of actions will appear, right-click on This PC and select Manage.

Look for your user account and right-click on it, select Set Password. A warning prompt will appear, simply click on Yes to continue the password reset process, then enter your new password and click OK.

A success message will appear and your Windows XP password will be changed. Now you can log into your Windows XP computer with a recently changed password. When you turn on your computer and find that you have forgotten your Windows XP password.

Try entering a previous password. Press continuously F8 button to enter into boot menu. Select the Safe Mode option. Windows will find the installed operating systems on this device, please choose the operating system for which you want to reset password and hit Enter. Wait for a while and Windows will perform its actions. You will see a screen like this. Do nothing and wait to finish it. Your Windows screen will appear with an extra admin account. Which is the default Windows XP administrator account, Click on the administrator account field.