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Old 19th Jan 2008, 11:31
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I have an old lap top that I hardly use but would like to pass on to somebody else now. It is windows XP and I cant remember the user or admin passwords. I have tried entering in safe mode but it still stops at the 'login' page and tells me the old password has expired and I need to make a new one.

I unfortunatly dont have an XP disc as this laptop was an ex-demo from Currys. Can anyone put me in the direction of how to 'reset' these passwords from out side windows OR a good website to create a boot CD.

Thankyou
Pete
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 11:43
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Try this site, it enables you to create a boot disk and reset the admin password on xp
http://www.computercraft.com/docs/resetxppassword.shtml
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 12:38
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Here is a direct link to the Offline NT Password Editor:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
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Old 19th Jan 2008, 12:56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zerocool View Post
Try this site, it enables you to create a boot disk and reset the admin password on xp
http://www.computercraft.com/docs/resetxppassword.shtml
Thanks guys that worked a treat!

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Old 19th Jan 2008, 14:14
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Glad you got it fixed. Useful little disk
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Old 20th Jan 2008, 17:18
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LoL!!! So much for XP security!
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Old 21st Jan 2008, 11:18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike0001 View Post
LoL!!! So much for XP security!
Yep
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