recover administrator password?

[infra_red_dude]

i haf a pc wid windows xp sp2 and two user accounts 1) administrator 2) limited user account. the problem is that the admin user is rarely used. i forgot the password and the password Q aint helping either. since the other a/c is limited user i cant create a new admin account. can the account be recovered is any way? i haf some files in that folder which i want now. i dun want to format it as i will lose the files. please help.

[QwertyManiac]

Try this out -
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

You can also try alternates.

By the way, Please use google often for your doubts.

[QwertyManiac]

Hullooo, Is ur problem solved , please give a feedback for yur probs.

[alib_i]

we have 3 tutorials over this topic

HOWTO - Recover lost Windows 2000/XP/2003 Admin Passwords (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15483)
Retrive your lost password in XP (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21303)
Reset ur ADMIN password (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22103)

take a look at them .. one o' them gotta work

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alibi

[infra_red_dude]

thanks for your help. i tried offline nt password resetter it din work. tried two other methods too, but wasnt successful. am gonna try all the available methods. since i wasnt thru the process i din give any feedback. i'll get back as soon i am able to reset it or after tying all the methods.