Cancel Submit. LemP Volunteer Moderator. If you were logging on to Windows XP using a user name other than the built-in account named "Administrator," then you can proceed as follows: If you have XP Home, restart in Safe Mode by restarting the computer and tapping the F8 key just after the initial power on test is completed.
If the Windows logo appears, you waited too long and will have to try again. If you tap the F8 key correctly, the Advanced Boot Options menu in black and white will appear. After Safe Mode starts, you should see a Welcome screen that includes an icon for the Administrator account.
A "classic" logon window will open. If you have no home screen, type Administrator and leave the password field as blank. If you can't log in as you have ever changed the password, please refer to Method 2 to recover Windows XP password.
Click on the Start menu in the bottom left corner, go in the Control Panel , then in User Accounts you can change any user passwords easily. Method 2: Recover Windows XP Password with Software However, if you still can't recover Windows XP password in safe mode because the built-in administrator account is disabled or you've changed the password but forgot it later, it's better to use some professional Windows password recovery software to reset your Windows XP password.
Choose the user account whose password you forgot, then click Reset Password button. The program will quickly reset your forgotten password as well as unlock the user account if it is disabled or locked out.
Ready to try or buy? If you could log in with another administrator account, you can open the Command Prompt and reset your forgotten password easily. For example, if I want to change my account which is Jack to password , I would type in net user jack and press Enter.
By default, the default Administrator account has no password. However, if you've set up another user account, the Administrator account will be hidden from the logon screen. The default Administrator account is only accessible in both Safe Mode and the traditional logon screen. Here are two ways to log on to Windows XP as the default Administrator account:. Boot into Safe Mode. Related Articles. Method 1.
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You can do this if you can use the username and password for an administrator's account to log in with admin privileges. This will open a command prompt window. Once the password is confirmed, it can be used to access the account.
Method 2. Reboot your computer. This will open the User Account Control Panel, where you will be able to reset any password by selecting a user and adding a new password. Method 3. Find an existing Administrator username to use if possible.
There is no password set by default on the administrator account, so this can work unless someone has already configured a special password for the Administrator account. In some cases, there will be no password assigned yet. If you need a password, assign one to any existing username while in the "safe mode with command prompt": Restart the computer while tapping the required, special key to activate the startup menu. To find the special key for your computer, try tapping a key rapidly while rebooting.
Try Esc or F2 or F8 or F10 and watch for the menu to show up on a black screen if you don't know that special key. Alternatively: unplug the electrical cord of your computer while it is running -- wait about 10 second -- then replug it.
Now boot it again, and it will usually display a startup menu to choose normal or safe mode for startup. Select the username to be assigned the new password. Type shutdown —r when you are ready to restart your computer.
Method 4. Ubuntu is recommended by experts. Put the disk into your CD Rom drive and restart the computer.
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