Tip 1: Use Windows Login Recovery

Windows Login Recovery offers you the easiest and safest way to reset the forgotten Windows login password on Windows xp. With this effective tool, it's no need to re-install Windows system or resort to others when you forgot windows xp password. All you need to do is to reset it in 4 simple steps.

1. Download and install Windows Login Recovery.

2. Create a Windows xp password reset USB or CD/DVD.

3. Boot the xp machine from USB or CD/DVD.

4. Recover Windows xp password in a few clicks.

Tip 2: Use Ophcrack

Ophcrack is a free Windows password recovery tool based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method.

1. Load the Ophcrack CD to the computer, install and run it.

2. Click on Load and select the appropriate password LM (LAN Manager) hash to use or choose PWDUMP File if the hash was dumped and saved using pwdump2.

3. Otherwise choose encrypted SAM to allow Ophcrack to dump the hashes from the SAM and SYSTEM files retrieved from a Windows machine while booting on another disk.

4. Click Tables, and select the location or folder to store the rainbow hash tables downloaded or installed by the installer.

5. Select the type of tables you wish to use.

6. Click Launch to start the Windows xp password recovery process.

Tip 3: Reinstall Windows

This is the last option to use if you can't log in to your computer through any other method.

1. Insert the Windows boot disk into the computer's CD-ROM or DVD drive.

2. Restart the computer. Press any key when the computer prompts you to do so.

3. Follow the directions on the screen to reinstall Windows and set up a new administrator account.