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recover administrator password?

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/recover-administrator-password.13353/

infra_red_dude
infra_red_dude Original post #1
Jul 29, 2005 at 4:26 PM
i haf a pc wid windows xp sp2 and two user accounts 1) administrator 2) limited user account. the problem is that the admin user is rarely used. i forgot the password and the password Q aint helping either. since the other a/c is limited user i cant create a new admin account. can the account be recovered is any way? i haf some files in that folder which i want now. i dun want to format it as i will lose the files. please help.
QwertyManiac
Jul 29, 2005 at 5:24 PM
Yes You Can

Try this out -
*www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

You can also try alternates.

By the way, Please use google often for your doubts.
QwertyManiac
Jul 31, 2005 at 4:58 PM
Hullooo, Is ur problem solved , please give a feedback for yur probs.
alib_i
alib_i #4
Jul 31, 2005 at 5:13 PM
we have 3 tutorials over this topic

HOWTO - Recover lost Windows 2000/XP/2003 Admin Passwords
Retrive your lost password in XP
Reset ur ADMIN password

take a look at them .. one o' them gotta work

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alibi
infra_red_dude
Jul 31, 2005 at 10:43 PM
thanks for your help. i tried offline nt password resetter it din work. tried two other methods too, but wasnt successful. am gonna try all the available methods. since i wasnt thru the process i din give any feedback. i'll get back as soon i am able to reset it or after tying all the methods.