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  • How to find and change the Administrative password ?

    other than from control panel option, if the Windows XP is corrupted, this was a question asked to my friend for his interview

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    sushantrocks  

    • Member Since Feb-2010 | Feb 3rd, 2010


    You can do this in the following ways:

    Using the net user command

    1) This is assuming if you have a valid account with admin rights open command prompt, type "net user", it will show all user accounts including Admin then simply type "net user <login name> *"

    It'll ask for the new password...

    2) You can use WinXP CD to repair the OS and when it reaches installing devices progress bar, press shift+F10, you'll get a console, type "nusrmgr.cpl", you'll get a GUI to change/remove password...(haven't tried this one too)

    3) There are many softwares made for this very purpose, one such is Winternals (This is a paid software, you may want to find an open source one), what it'll do is run parallely with XP and give you the option to change the password.