Method 1: Take a rest, and try
hard to remember the
forgotten password
Sometimes, human being is a
little weird. You won’t get the
thing that you urgently need. So
have a coffee, take a snap or
even come back after a few
days, you may found that you
suddenly‘remember’ your
Windows password.
Method 2: Try No Password
Administrator Login Backdoor
In Windows XP (not Windows
Vista as Administrator account is
not enabled by default), there is
built-in Administrator user
account, that has administrative
credentials, enabled by default,
and without any password to
protect the account from been
access. If you didn’t change this
Administrator’s password, then
try to sign in to Windows XP
without password.
Method 3: Reset password
from another user account
with administrator credentials
If you cannot log on to Windows
by using a particular user
account, but you can log on to
another account that has
administrative credentials, follow
these steps on how to do the
trick:
1. Log on to Windows by using
an administrator account
that has a password that
you remember. You may
need to start WinXP in safe
mode.
2. Click Start, and then click
Run.
3. In the Open box, type
“control userpasswords2″,
and then click OK.
4. Click the user account that
you forgot the password
for, and then click Reset
Password.
5. Type a new password in
both the New password and
the Confirm new password
boxes, and then click OK.
Method 4: LOGON.SCR password
reset trick
LOGON.SCR changing
administrator or domain admin
password hack works on
Windows NT 4.0 and some
versions of Windows 2000. The
simple trick uses Cmd.exe as
screen saver that triggered by
system when idle, allowing users
toaccess to command prompt
to change password.
Method 5: Do-It-Yourself (DIY)
third party recovery tool
There are a lot of tools and
utilities that can be downloaded
and used to recover, reset,
retrieve or reveal existing
password. These password
reset or retrieval utilities, free or
paid, are usually a Linux boot
disk or CD that able to comes
with NT file system (NTFS)
drivers and software that will
read the registry and rewrite the
password hashes, or can brute
force crack the password for
any user account including the
Administrators. The advantage is
that there is no fear of leaking
your password to outsiders,
while the process requires
physical access to the console
and a floppy or CD drive,
depending on which tool you
choose. And it’s not easy,
although it always work!