Xp home edition password recovery

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.

Product Information Download Trial Purchase. We have good news! With the GUI interface and step by step wizard, you can easily reset your Windows XP administrator password even with little knowledge about computer. It is totally for FREE. There are many cases and questions about how to reset the forgotten administrator password in Windows XP.

Forgetting the password is usually more common than expected on many occasions. Nowadays, when we are asked for a higher level of security and passwords start to be a combination of letters, numbers and symbols, which make us either write it down or when a short time passes, we no longer remember it. There is a hidden administrator account available in Windows XP operating system.

So you can easily get inside your computer system by using this account, go to the control panel reset the password in Safe Mode. Here is how you can do it:. Step 1. Step 3. Step 4. If you have the Windows installation disc, you can reset Windows XP password with installation disk in the following way:. If you think the methods above are very complicated and is not intended for the beginner, a third-party program — Windows Password Recovery is high recommended for you.

Free Download Buy Now. Download, install and launch the Windows Password Recovery Tool on an accessible computer Not the locked one. Insert the created password reset disk into the lock computer and boot the computer from it, then Windows Password Recovery Tool will run on your locked computer and you can reset Windows XP password with the program.

From now on we have to be extra careful as one mistake might degrade our operating System and make it unusable. Note : This SAM file stands For the Security Accounts Manager, which is responsible for managing all credentials of system accounts so it contains encrypted information about the account names and passwords. After loading the Hive, it will ask for a name, type anything you can remember.

In my case, I will give the name "pass". So now the SAM file is loaded into the registry for editing. Click on "F4" and from the right-side panel double-click the "F" entry. A new window will open and you can edit the "F" entry. The line that starts with "" is what you want to edit. The value next to "" is "11", replace it with "10".

Be careful not to change anything else. Just double click the "11" and type "10" then hit the OK button. Back in the Registry Editor, from the left side click on the name you gave to the hive you loaded earlier and click "Unload Hive" from the file menu, restart the computer, and you are done.