# Get Past Windows Password **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 27, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243 "2008-07-27T15:03:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/1 "2008-07-27T15:03:05Z")
I have a Acer Travelmate C110, running XP Tablet PC edition. I’d like to use it, but it has a password to get into windows, and I don’t know what it is. How can I get past this? ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/2 "2008-07-27T15:53:18Z")
boot in to safe mode log in as administrator… Odds are there is no password for the admin account. make a new admin account delete the old account > **[How to Boot Your Windows PC into Safe Mode](https://www.lifewire.com/boot-into-safe-mode-153370)** > > Booting in Safe Mode on your PC prevents extraneous services and programs - including most malware - from loading at startup. should tell you how to boot into safe mode. You could also try to do ctrl + alt + del twice at the normal splash screen but odds are thats disabled. This is assuming the computer is windows XP… If its vista this method _may_ work ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/3 "2008-07-27T16:35:09Z")
OPHCRACK ---
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/4 "2008-07-27T16:41:24Z")
Bootable Windows 2000 disc ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/5 "2008-07-27T17:04:11Z")
turned the computer on in safe mode, still cant log in tried using “admin” and “administrator” as the username, and keeping the password blank, and also tried using those 2 usernames with the same password ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/6 "2008-07-27T17:56:51Z")
ultimate boot disc has a linux prog that will clear any windows xp password. I’ve used it a few times with success, and one time it didn’t work (I think on a xp pro machine) ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/7 "2008-07-27T18:04:00Z")
what these guys are saying will work. ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/8 "2008-07-27T18:07:14Z")
> [@JDMSIR](#): > > OPHCRACK Do it! I have a CD if you need to borrow it. ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/9 "2008-07-27T18:17:37Z")
Im in the middle of d/ling that right now. I just burn that to a CD and boot off it? ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/10 "2008-07-27T18:19:09Z")
Yup, boot with it in there and it should take a few mins to work. ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/11 "2008-07-27T18:23:01Z")
fuck. I just remembered something. The laptop doesn’t have a disc drive. It has an external one, but when I got the laptop, I didn’t get that drive. ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/12 "2008-07-27T18:32:04Z")
I guess I could try putting it on a USB drive? ---
**Author:** ![SubaruDan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/subarudan/32/7195_2.png) [@SubaruDan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SubaruDan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/13 "2008-07-27T18:50:35Z")
i copied the .iso file to a usb drive and chose to boot off of “removable devices” and that didnt work ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/14 "2008-07-27T18:54:19Z")
Hmmm, try the FAQ or the forum and see what they say. [http://www.google.com/search?q=ophcrack&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a](http://www.google.com/search?q=ophcrack&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) ---
**Author:** ![Hortanica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Hortanica](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hortanica)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/15 "2008-07-27T18:57:13Z")
The computer should allow booting to an external CD Drive (as a removable device) burn the iso and try that. If it doesnt work, your really kind of stuck…getting a bootable usb drive with more than a dos prompt isn’t the easiest to explain. ---
**Author:** ![vweegit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@vweegit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vweegit)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-past-windows-password/52243/16 "2008-07-27T20:05:21Z")
> [@SubaruDan](#): > > i copied the .iso file to a usb drive and chose to boot off of “removable devices” and that didnt work You need to burn the contents of the iso to a CD. You can’t just copy it over to a disc/disk/USB drive. Think of an ISO as a zip file. You need to extract what’s inside of it before you can use it. If I recall, OPHCrack is a dictionary-style tool for cracking passwords, right? Why not just try something that removes/replaces the hash itself in SAM? Try this one: [http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html](http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html) Scroll down to the downloads section. You can download it in either ISO or zip format. I’ve used this program many times, without fail.