Computer XP OS Password Reset

So you lost your Windows XP user password? You can try your best to remember XP account password, such as:

• * your name?
• * a loved one's birthday?
• * something from your childhood?
• * a pet's name?
• * your home or office address?
• * the name of a friend or family member?
• * a frequently dialed telephone number?
• * a favorite food?
• * a combination of any of the above?

Still Can't Find Your Windows XP Password?

If you've given it your best shot but that all-important Windows XP password is still hiding somewhere in your mind, then it's time to try something a bit more technical.

Don't worry - There is a easy way to recover the password.

Windows password recovery tool is a software program designed to recover or reset/delete your Windows XP password. It can sometimes be difficult to use but if there's no hope of remembering the password and you can follow some simple directions, Windows password recovery tool is life saver.

Notes: You need a Windows XP Password Reset disk. If you don¡¯t have created it before, you should use the Windows Password Recovery Tool to burn a reset CD/DVD or USB flash drive.

Step 1. Download the Windows Password Recovery Tool

Go to the official site of Windows Password Recovery Tool, and download it for free. Install it with default options.

Step 2. Create a Windows XP Password Reset disk

Run this soft, insert a blank cd/dvd or usb flash drive. Follow the step-by-step guide to burn a Windows XP Password Reset disk. You can burn it to a cd/dvd or USB, it depends on your personal condition. After burning successfully, you get a password reset disk. Now insert this password reset disk into the locked computer which you lost Windows XP Password.

Step 3. Set the bios config to boot from cd/dvd or usb

• 1. Start your locked Windows XP Computer, press Del or F2 button while the computer is initalizing. The initial startup screen may be similar as this image. If you do that, you may see the bios config screen.
• 2. Go to the boot menu and change bios setting to make it boot from cd/dvd or usb firstly.
  
• 3. Press F10 to save your changes, then restart this computer.
• 4 . After restart, the computer will automatically load Windows password Recovery Tool and you can start to reset Windows XP Password.
  

Step 4. Recover Windows XP Password with the password reset disk.

• 1. Choose the Windows XP Installation if you have more than one OS in this computer.
• 2. All Windows XP users will be listed. Select the user name which you forgot its password, click reset button.
  
• 3. A dialog box will be pop-up, click Yes to confirm reset, then this Windows XP user password will be reset to blank.
  
  
  
• 4. Eject the password reset disk, and restart you computer, login Windows XP with a blank password.
  

Windows XP Password Recovery Tool [Download]

Tips to Reset Your Windows 7 Password

Anyone can forget a password. Okay you may think it will never happen to you, but think again, because it may just happen. Forgetting your user account password is no big deal providing you have taken the necessary precautions to create a Password Reset Disk.

Sadly, if you haven't created a Password Reset Disk for your Windows operating system then gaining access to your PC will become a nightmare. I'm not saying that it is impossible, because it isn't. However, this tutorial refers to resetting your user account password with the aid of your Windows 7 Password Reset Disk.

The first you will know about your password being wrong is when you type the password in at boot up and a message appears telling you that The User Name or Password is Incorrect. It is at this stage that you need your Password Reset Disk.

Once you have your Password Reset Disk (you should have created this either on a floppy disk or a USB flash drive. See: Create a Windows 7 Password Reset Disk) you should insert the disk (or USB stick) into the relevant drive and then proceed as follows:

1. After you have typed in the wrong password a message will appear informing you that the User name or Password is incorrect, you should forgot Windows 7 Password. At this point, Click the OK button to take you back to the log on screen

   

   User Name Or Password is incorrect error screen

2. After you have returned to the Windows Log On screen look just below the Password dialogue box and you will see a Reset Password option, Click on this to start the Reset process.

   

   Windows Log On screen showing the Reset Password option

3. After clicking on the Reset Password option the Password Reset Wizard will open

   

   Password Reset Wizard

4. Click the Next button in the Password Reset Wizard screen
5. The next screen (see fig 4) requires you to Insert the password reset disk
6. If you haven't already done so, Insert the floppy disk or USB Thumb drive that holds the password reset file and then Select the drive from the password key disk is in the following drive dialogue box.

   Now press the Next button

   

   Insert the Password Reset Disk and then choose the drive from the drop down list

7. You are now presented with the Reset the User Account Password screen

   

   The User Account Password Screen

8. Type in the new password you wish to use and then type it in again to confirm your selection. Next type in a password hint and then click the Next button.
9. The next screen to appear will be the Completing the password wizard screen. This should tell you that you have successfully reset your password.

   

   You have successfully reset your password

10. Finally click the Finish button.
11. You should now be taken back to the Log on screen where you can type in your new password and gain access to your system.

Tips:

Not a Windows 7 user? Still Using XP or Vista? Don't know how to reset password on other Windows Versions? See these articles below.

How to Reset Windows XP Password?

How to Reset Vista Password?