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Windows user password lost, how to reset?

Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insultedwhen I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
Quite simple problem really - a friend of mine forgot his Windows XP administrator password and can't log in anymore, and he has also lost his windows installation cd. There's a number of programms out there to solve this problem, but he's afraid of installing spy ware on his PC. Any recommendations perhaps?

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    Let's try the easiest things first - did he set a password on the actual 'root' administrator login? The one that only pops up when you log into Safe Mode?

    There's a good chance he hasn't, and could just go in via Safe Mode and clear the other account's password

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  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insulted when I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Nope, we checked that already. Also requires a password, I believe it's the same even.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    Then he's going to need to use this:

    http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

    If he turned on the option to encrypt files though, they're gone.

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  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insulted when I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Looks good. I'll let you know if it worked, thanks.

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