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How can i find out the windows xp admin password?

Iv lost the sstem disks for windows xp home. I have a guest account and the administrator account, but iv misplaced my admin password. How can i get this back from the guest account?

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1. I think you may have to format and reinstall. Search google first though to see if there are any other solutions. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!
2. You'd better contact Microsoft on that one. They have live chat and help lines for that sort of stuff.
3. Unfortunately you can't. That's why it is called "Password". It's for Security reasons.
4. You can't, unless you use alternate means of gaining full access to the computer's hard drive and finding the three password files, and find a method of unencrypting them. Basically, it's too advanced for somebody who's going to try and hack the admin password.
5. BartPE. You can't view the password, but you can change it. It is a bootable CD which allows you to change passwords or do whatever to 2000 or XP. If someone has physical access to your computer, they can do anything.
6. use a live cd linus that can make your password become blank.. just search the iso and burn it..
7. you'll have to check inside you're comp. and take the harware out to refresh it.
8. Unless you have the CD key to give to microsoft the only way to hack the Admin password is to reset it from DOS, but i don't know how to do it.
9. When you chose your password you were instructed to enter a password hint, to get to the hint type in ANY password at the admin. prompt. Access to your hint should appear, and if it was specific enough, you should be able to remember the password. REMEMBER passwords are case specific so you may be entering the correct password in the wrong case. If this doesn't work maybe you should quit trying to hack into mom/dad's machine to remove the blocks he/she installed, and go finish you homework.
10. try this magical soft: admin password reset