Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Three Tips for Windows XP

Tricks of the windows operating system
Three Tips for Windows XP

Unlike Windows 7 and Vista, the default administrator account on Windows XP is enabled and not password protected. And by this unique feature, you can easily regain access to your computer when you are locked out of it. But if you added a password to this built-in administrator account before and now cannot remember, what will you do? Here's some advice on Windows XP administrator password recovery for you if your Windows XP machine is in use.
Tip 1: Take advantage of password recovery disk
Provided a password reset disk for the default administrator account is created in advance, you can regain access to your computer within a few clicks.
Step 1. Go to logon screen and enter a wrong password for the administrator account.
Step 2. Press Enter to pop up the "logon failed" dialog box, and click "use your password reset disk".
Step 3. On the wizard screen, click Next to change this administrator password.
Tip 2: Try Windows Password Recovery Software

If you forgot Windows administrator password without a password reset disk, don't feel impressed. Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery can solve your problem. It allows you to create a password reset CD/DVD to reset lost administrator password.
Step 1. Download and install Windows Password Recovery.
Step 2. Burn a bootable password reset CD/DVD.
Step 3. Boot your locked computer form the CD/DVD.
Step 4. Reset Windows XP administrator password under Win PE.
Step 5. Log on computer via this administrator account without password.
Note: With intuitive GUI, you can defeat the password within a few clicks, regardless of your level of computer knowledge. 100% recovery rate guaranteed.
Tip 3: Use a user account with administrator permission
It is well-known that users can create 2 kinds of administrator account on Window XP. One is a user account with administrator privileges while the other is the built-in administrator account. So when you forgot default administrator password, you can log on computer with another kind of administrator account and then do as follows:
Step 1. Right-click My Computer icon to select Mange.
Step 2. On the coming up classic computer management window, expand Local Users and Groups folder, and then expand Users folder to display all user accounts on this computer.
Step 3. Right-click Administrator and select Set Password option.
Among these tips, it's highly suggested you try tip 2 that changing Windows XP password with third party software as it is can be applied to every lost Windows password circumstances. And it is simple and fast.
If you lose Windows XP administrator password, this article could help you reset Windows XP password.