This is How to recover Windows passwords
Recovering Windows 98 passwords. Windows 98 passwords are stored in files called pwl files. Obviously these files are encrypted so if you open them in word pad they are a bunch of jibberish I have put an app in the apps section that decryptes them. First you must boot your computer in safe mode. This is simple. First you must restart you computer before windows loads keep pressing F8 a list of commands will come up. Choose safe mode. One windows has booted it will say so crap about safe mode being a diagnostic mode just press ok. Now go Start then search. Make sure hidden files and folders is selected. search for *.pwl delete every file that comes up reboot the computer (not in safe mode) and all accounts should have no password. I think this also works on windows ME and 95 would someone please email me at limpdounut@hotmail.com and confirm
WINDOWS XP If you have access but not as an administrator! 1. Go to :> Start >run 2. then type regedit 3. go to HKEY CURRENT USER/control panel/desktop 4. look to the right there should be some keys there 5. right click SCRNSAVE.EXE go to modify 6. The value is C:\WINDOWS\System32\logon.scr 7. change the logon.scr to cmd.exe 8. Enable a screensaver and go to the welcome screen 9. Wait ten mins and a dos prompt will open instead of the screensaver 10. Type explorer.exe go to users and create a new administrator 11. If you want your user to be hidden go to the registry tweaks page. Tip: The registry tweaks page can be accessed from the home page. If you have absolutly no access! 1. Boot the system with windows 2000 boot disks you can get them from the microsoft website I think 2. Open the recovery console 3. You have full access to the system 4. use these commands in DOS 5. cd\ *drops to root cd\windows\system32 *directs to the system32 dir mkdir temphack *creates the folder temphack copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr *backsup logon.scr copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe *backsup cmd.exe del logon.scr *deletes original logon.scr rename cmd.exe logon.scr *renames cmd.exe to logon.scr exit *quits dos 6. Remember not to include the star or anthing behind it, it just tells you what is does. 7. Reboot and when it gets to the welcome screen wait ten mins a Dos prompt will come up type explorer.exe and it will open the desktop there will be a administrator privliges so create a new user if you want to create a hidden user go to the registry tweaks page you can get there from the home page.
