Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.If you could log in with another administrator account, you can open the Command Prompt and reset your forgotten password easily. Option 1: Reset Windows XP Password via Command Prompt It also can save you hundreds of dollars if you don't have a Windows installation disk and need to purchase one for it.įorgot Windows XP password and you haven't created a Windows XP password reset disk previously? The tutorial walks you through the procedures to reset forgotten Windows XP administrator password using Command Prompt, Safe Mode and bootable CD/USB disk. The easiest and fastest way is to reset Windows XP password. Actually that's not the only way to help you out. I could be mistaken but 99% sure you're boned trying to save any data with that sort of downgrade, doesn't work in reverse, never mind your files (by default anyway) won't even be in the same location.Lots of computer users think that they need to reinstall the system after forgetting the password to log into computer. back your stuff up to another drive or partition, reinstall, copy it back.
might want to consider a lightweight Linux desktop if it's an option. Also going to throw in the obligatory "XP's dead, don't do it" warning, just because.
Just open a browser and kiss whatever memory you had available goodbye. If it's not doable then yea, I'd probably downgrade too, but it'll still be fairly pokey once you get to the desktop. It's not a magical cure-all of course, slow systems are still slow, but getting squeezed by low memory conditions has a huge performance hit. Even on older hardware I've had better results with 7 over XP when memory wasn't an issue. If you do want to go the RAM upgrade route, you can disable Aero in Win7, which will probably help a bit.ĭitto this, adding more memory will make a huge difference, it'll be much less swap-happy and overall a lot smoother. Putting XP on will help a little, but it will still be slow.
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