Forgot your administrator password? Don't panic, it happens to some
other people too, and you have found the solution! The following
instructions will show you step-by-step how to reset your local Windows
password. This only works for local user accounts, however, not domain
accounts.The password recovery tool from this page is written by Petter
Nordahl-Hagen, and the original information, as well as the downloadable
tool, can be found from
his website. According to the author, this tool should work for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista.
WARNING! Users who have EFS encrypted files on the Windows XP or
Vista computers will loose access to the EFS encrypted files after
recovery of your password!
Use this trick at your own risks
The tool to reset your password can be downloaded
here.
I. Download the bootdisk:
- Download the bootdisk, which includes the password recovery tool here. The file contains the ISO CD image.
