Forgot xp login password

grasshopper January 12, 2011 at 08:55:39

You'll most likely have to reinstall the operating system.

Dude375 January 12, 2011 at 16:22:51

Start in safe mode. In order to do that press F8 before the Windows XP boot screen. If that was done correctly, you should see a default account named 'Administrator' afterwards and hopefully it should not have a password. You can create another account in 'Control Panel'.

Xps86 January 12, 2011 at 23:46:46

If the owner left it behind, you should definitely reinstall the operating system anyways. His/Her data is not your own so a reinstallation will help to overwrite his/her data. Accessing an administrator account is simple enough without cheesy software, but in this situation you should do a reinstall.