Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Alternate Logon to Windows XP without Password

Logon to Windows XP with Secondary Logon without the need to enter a Password
Dear Readers, if you ever tried to enter a Windows XP system usually found on Schools, Cafe, Offices, Work Place etc. and were unable to logon because you didn't know the password for a specific account available in that system, then this trick may solve your problem... All you need to do is follow these instructions:

Press " ALT + CTRL + DEL " (Without Quotes) twice at the logon screen. (Make sure there is no account with name Administrator)
A Secondary Logon will popup.
In the User field, enter " Administrator " (Without Quotes) and Leave the password field blank/empty.
Press Enter. It should let you in. ( If not, there is possibility that the User had set an administrative password during Windows XP Installation).

Q: Want to know why & how this trick works ??
A: The simple answer to this question is that during an unattended Windows XP Installation or Installing Windows XP from MiniXP or Certain Modded Windows XP ISO Image* files, the Installation process skips the User Account Setup and directly asks the user to Create user account with up to 5 accounts options as you may have already noticed. This setups the secondary User Account with Administrative Privileges, while the Primary Administrator is set without or a blank password which when used with this trick, doesn't require you to enter any password...


*  Modded ISO Images are modified form of an Original ISO Image file, in such a manner to allow customization of Core OS that may or may not include features, programs, customization, personalization, extra drivers, apps, themes, registry hacks, explorer hacks etc etc.