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So... I didn't use my desktop all summer (used my laptop instead) and now have forgotten the password to my account in Windows XP Professional.

How do I bypass this and reset my password?
 

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I forgot mine once, so I entered a wrong password on purpose, hit cancel when it asked me to try again, and it let me access my desktop anyway. Maybe your system is more strict.
 

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Vintage;2214196 said:
So... I didn't use my desktop all summer (used my laptop instead) and now have forgotten the password to my account in Windows XP Professional.

How do I bypass this and reset my password?


:laugh2:

Same thing happened to me before. If I remember correctly, I entered into safe mode, which it let me do without entering a password, and reset the password from there.

To enter safe mode I believe it's F8 while the pc is loading.
 

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Victory is mine. Took me an hour, but after some research... found a good password hacking program and found my password.

Awesome.

Was really scared there, for awhile...
 

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Vintage;2214353 said:
Victory is mine. Took me an hour, but after some research... found a good password hacking program and found my password.

Awesome.

Was really scared there, for awhile...

How you solved it scared me more!
 

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Vintage;2214353 said:
Victory is mine. Took me an hour, but after some research... found a good password hacking program and found my password.

Awesome.

Was really scared there, for awhile...

gollum;2216781 said:
How you solved it scared me more!

:muttley:


The Zone. Always Entertaining.

:D
 

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gollum;2216781 said:
How you solved it scared me more!

Its a pretty safe program; I looked into it before I used it. Its pretty well known... a friend also told me he has used it before and had success.


More importantly though; I am now an l337 haxx0r!
 
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