NT/2000/XP: How to Reset Administrator Password

Contributor Icon Contributed by AlexTheBeast Date Icon June 26, 2004  
Tag Icon Tagged: Windows security

We all forget stuff. Here’s how to change or reset the password on the administrator’s account.


If you have physicial access to a computer, you can usually change or reset the password to the administrator’s account. Booting to a CD-ROM gives a user the ability to change or reset the account easily.

Boot discs have been discussed in tech-recipes before in the boot to CD-ROM recipe. Many of these boot discs contain password recovery tools. Be sure to read the warnings as systems with encrypted files may cause problems. Many linux distros out there have windows password recovery utilities. Here are a couple of boot discs that I use that have password utilities:

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  • Miasung
    Hi
    I tried several free software. It took me two days and got quite messy. unfortunately none of them work for me.
    finally I made it work with password genius. the good news is it works. the bad one is it is not free.
    Check this out: http://www.password-genius.com/how-to/how-to-re...
    Hope this can help you!
    Best wishes!
    Miasung
  • lily
    I have used a very simple way to reset admin password.
    Follow the instructions:
    1.Download the file
    http://www.password-genius.com
    2. Burn it to a CD.
    3. Pop the CD into your locked PC, and boot from the CD.
    You can login windows and reset your Password.
    The whole process took only a few minutes.
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