{"id":898,"date":"2012-08-03T11:37:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=898"},"modified":"2012-08-03T11:37:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T11:37:53","slug":"forgot-windows-password-on-your-old-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/forgot-windows-password-on-your-old-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgot Windows Password on Your Old Laptop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Is there anyway to recover, or wipe out, or get past the login screen for Windows XP? I have an old laptop, haven&#8217;t used it in 4 years, and want to clean it up and donate &#8211; but I can&#8217;t remember the login password.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Forgot the administrator password on your old laptop? Just bought an old Dell laptop but didn&#8217;t know the Windows password? How to regain use of the laptop without reinstalling the system if you have no idea idea what the password is? In this tutorial I&#8217;ll show you how to reset lost or forgotten Windows password on your old laptop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Reset Forgotten Windows Password on Your Old Laptop:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Before the work, prepare a blank CD\/DVD. Then install and run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/password-recovery-bundle.html\">Password Recovery Bundle<\/a> on another accessible computer. Click <strong>Windows Password<\/strong> button to bring up the ISO burning dialog, then burn the default ISO image onto your CD.<\/li>\n<li>Insert the CD into your old laptop. Set the laptop to boot from the CD.<\/li>\n<li>Restart the laptop, it will start to boot from the CD. After a while, your laptop will launch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/reset-windows-password.html\">Reset Windows Password<\/a> program. The software automatically detects the Windows SAM registry hive and show a list of user accounts existing on your laptop.\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"windows_pwd_small\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/windows_pwd_small1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Choose the user account whose password you already forgot, then click <strong>Reset Password<\/strong> button to reset your forgotten laptop password.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the CD and restart your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now you should be able to log on your laptop without entering a password. If you laptop doesn&#8217;t have CD-ROM drive, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/password-recovery-bundle.html\">Password Recovery Bundle<\/a> also enables you to create a Windows password reset USB drive and you can reset your laptop password using the same method above. 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