Restart your computer and wait for the Windows screen to appear. Click the administrator account, then type the name of the administrator account. In the administrator password box, type in an incorrect password and click "OK." And wait for the prompt that your password is wrong. If you receive this prompt, click "Reset."(This works on the basis that you have access to your computer with an admin accounts when you lost windows xp password.) The Password Reset Wizard should guide you through the process. Click "Next." Type a new password in the "Type in a new password" box. Confirm your new password again by entering it in the second box. Include a password hint to help you remember your password. Click "Next" and "Finish" when complete. Restart your computer. Wait for the "Windows Welcome Screen" to load. Enter your administrator account name and new password. Verify that your new password works. In this way, you have windows xp password reset.

Besides, Windows xp allows you to create a password reset disk with a USB flash drive in a few seconds. It can help you recover Windows xp password when you forget it. Just try to recover Windows xp password as follows if you have a windows xp password reset disk at hand.

1. Start your computer and get to the Windows xp login screen.
2. Type a wrong password, and then Reset password link will appear on the login screen.
3. Click Reset password to enter to Password Reset Wizard screen, and then click next.
4. Select the right disk if you have more than one password reset disk, click next.
5. Type in a new password and password hint, click next.
6. Click Finish when you've successfully reset windows xp password.