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John1397

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    Password recovery XP
    « on: March 20, 2010, 11:46:19 AM »
    I have a computer With XP professional that needs a password and tried some of the ways around, but just keeps asking for password. I am able to put XP home edition in  cd and run repair console and from there I get command prompt so I can copy files to and from the hard drive, what I was wondering if I can copy the boot.ini file or other files that may be needed from a machine that is not password protected to one that is to make it work without password?


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      Re: Password recovery XP
      « Reply #2 on: May 13, 2010, 02:46:59 PM »
      Hi,
          There are two ways to avoid password asking feature are as under:
      1). You need to start your system in Safe Mode and type your First Admin Password and then remove the password. Then turn off and turn on your computer in safe mode.

      2). You need to replace few files to remove the password from your computer completely, however you need OS CD for it.

      The steps are as under:

      Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.

      Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD-ROM drive if you are prompted to do so.

      When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.

      If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console.

      When you are prompted to do so, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.

      At the Recovery Console command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER after you type each line:

      md tmp

      copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak

      copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak

      copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak

      copy c:\windows\system32\config\security c:\windows\tmp\security.bak

      copy c:\windows\system32\config\default c:\windows\tmp\default.bak



      delete c:\windows\system32\config\system

      delete c:\windows\system32\config\software

      delete c:\windows\system32\config\sam

      delete c:\windows\system32\config\security

      delete c:\windows\system32\config\default



      copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system

      copy c:\windows\repair\software c:\windows\system32\config\software

      copy c:\windows\repair\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam

      copy c:\windows\repair\security c:\windows\system32\config\security

      copy c:\windows\repair\default c:\windows\system32\config\default



      Type exit to quit Recovery Console. Your computer will restart
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      Re: Password recovery XP
      « Reply #3 on: May 13, 2010, 02:48:55 PM »
      Ignore the above post.