i forgot windows xp password....

[Guest Torner]

i forgot windows xp password.....i have very important data in that computer....i am not get the solution for this...please can anyone help me in this,,,,,i have searced in the net and downloaded the "active password changer" software.....i installed this in my computer...it is showing the user accounts but when i am trying to reset the password...it is asking me to buy that software........can anyone show me the solution...please... i have very important data in that computer.

[Yzöwl]

If the data is important then just pay the money for the software!

[FAT64]

Try ... NT password recovery

[neo]

Trinity Rescue Kit

Reset your Windows Vista as well as XP's password.

[Tarun]

Can you access any administrator accounts?

Try:

Start > Run > cmd

In the command prompt, enter the following:

net user USERNAME_HERE PASSWORD_TO_RESET

As an example, if we want to reset JoeUser's account password we would type:

net user JoeUser *

[Idontwantspam]

Can you log on to any account at all? It sounds like you can. Try following tarun's instructions; if the account you can access is an administrator account, it'll work. If it's not, you can try rebooting into safe mode, by pressing f8 after the BIOS screen and before the Windows logo appears, then choosing safe mode. This will allow you to log on to the Administrator account, and you should be able to reset passwords. If it is windows xp professional or media center, you don't even need safe mode, you can just hit Ctrl+Alt+Del at the logon screen twice, then type administrator in the username box and leave the password blank; this ought to work on most systems.