Comments on: Reset Lost Windows XP Administrator Password Using ERD Commander

By: Michael Armstrong

Michael Armstrong — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:47:15 +0000

If you forget the administrator’s password but still can log on Windows with other user names that have administrative privileges, you may follow the instructions below:

Right click the computer icon on your desktop, select Manage, find Local Users and Groups, unfold Users folder, right click Administrator, click Set password… in the menu comes up. Click Proceed in the dialog, in the pop-up, enter a New Password and confirm it. Your administrator’s password is successfully reset.

Guest account may help to log onto Windows, but it has no privilege for you to do the above to reset the administrator’s password.

If you forgot all user passwords and failed to log onto Windows, there is no other way but to format the OS and reinstall Windows, or resort to sort of software tools to remove the password and log onto Windows. These programs cost some bucks, but are worthy and better than to reinstall the OS causing consequences. The most popular programs are Windows Password Reset 6.0 etc. Generally, these programs are easy to use though turn out to be a scary command prompt to newbie. But do relax and you can fully manipulate. Let’s take Windows Password Reset 6.0 for example. You prepare a blank CD, burn the program onto the CD, boot the locked computer from the CD, come to initiate the program, locate the user name, and proceed to remove its password – all are at ease.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:38:27 +0000

I have used a program called Windows Password Recovery Tool 2.0 before to remove the password from different computers.

By: SAHIL MITTAL

SAHIL MITTAL — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:06:48 +0000

When i try to download it it says “sorry the requested page is not available” so how can i download it…

By: deepak

deepak — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:52:46 +0000

how can i download the soft ware ERD Commander and how can i by the cd

By: karthik

karthik — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:46:29 +0000

thanks for your help this is the most help full site that i never enter

By: Pyxi

Pyxi — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:38:40 +0000

Locksmith says it has reset the password, but when I login, I still cannot login. Any advice?

By: TheRuan

TheRuan — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:12:14 +0000

Nag, your problem is that “you copied erd50.iso into the cd” you should have burnt it, as in burn image in nero. That file is the cd that you will have and inside of that you have the system that will boot.

By: Nag

Nag — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:36:12 +0000

Ok, so ive download the file and installed it on a working PC, then i copied the erd50.iso file to a CD, placed the CD into my laptop, which ive forgot the admin password for, set the boot up priority to 1.CD 2. HDD…etc, and then i hear the disc running, but the ERD program doesn’t launch, instead the laptop starts to load windows XP as normal …..i am certain the cd has a the erd50.iso on it and i am certain the laptop first tries to read the CD drive and then the HDD…so what do i do know?

cheers

Nags

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:37:23 +0000

I’m using the ERD boot disk and I get to the point where I can choose the OS but my OS isn’t listed.

Even though it should be exactly as it is above ‘Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2′

I can only choose none and then boot into an empty OS and when I try to use locksmith I get an error that says reboot and choose OS but you can’t do that if you boot from the CD.

Please help!

By: Gautam Banerjea

Gautam Banerjea — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:56:29 +0000

I tried the ERD commander boot cd option and I get a blue screen when i boot from the CD – I never get to the ERD Commander OS selection screen.

Help?