How to reset password in windows xp Thursday, November 28, 2013 - correct, fix, invalid, microsoft, password, repair, resetrecover, windows, windows xp, wrong During the initial configuration of Windows XP Mode (XPM) after installing the license-free and full. Apr 11, 2013 Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode https. It’s asking me for the password for XPMUser, and I have no idea what it is. I’ve tried various guesses, but nothing is working. I’ve tried Administrator as a user with various passwords, but no go. I used the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor.iso to reset the XPMUser password.
I have Virtual PC setup running Windows XP Mode with default logon of XPMUser but I have no idea what my password is. How can I reset or remove the XPMuser password without reinstall XP Mode?
During initial setup of Windows XP Mode, you are required to set a password for default XPMUser account. What to do if you forgot the XPMUser password? Or you are not aware of password been created for XPMUser during initial configuration of XP Mode? Here is a solution for you to reset forgotten XPMUser password in Windows XP Mode. Quickly resolve the problem of being unable to log in to Windows XP Mode due to wrong or incorrect password.
How to Reset Forgotten XPMUser Password in Windows XP Mode?
Reset Windows Password utility is a Windows PE boot disk that we’ll used in this guide. It comes as a bootable ISO image that could be used to boot off your Windows XP Mode virtual machine and then reset your forgotten XPMUser password. Let’s proceed.
Step #1: Download the Reset Windows Password utility and save it to your host operating system. After the download is complete, unzip the download file and you’ll find the ResetWindowsPwd.iso file.
Step #2: Next, mount the ISO image to your Windows XP Mode virtual machine and get it to boot from CD-ROM. To achieve this, follow this step-by-step guide: How to Boot from CD or ISO Image in Windows XP Mode.
Step #3: Once the virtual machine successfully boots from the ISO image, you’ll see the Reset Windows Password program after a few minutes.
Step #4: Choose the XPMUser account and then click on “Reset Password” button. It will unlock/reset your forgotten Windows XP Mode password immediately.
Step #5: After resetting the password, restart the virtual machine and revert your changes in BIOS so it will boot from your hard drive instead of ISO image.
Step #6: During the booting screen, if you are prompt to enter the login password in a dialog which opens up in your host operating system, just click Cancel. That is because this logon dialog won’t accept blank/empty password.
Step #7: When your virtual machine boots to the Windows XP login screen, choose the default user XPMUser and left the password blank, then press Enter and you can quickly log back into the virtual machine. Done!
Conclusion
After reset the forgotten Windows XP Mode password and get into the virtual machine, you can set a new password for the XPMUser account. If you are prompted to enter logon information next time you start the Windows XP Mode, type your new password and check the “Remember my credentials” option. Your Windows XP mode should logon automatically for you from now on.
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if you've forgotten administrator password on your Virtual PC, you may find yourself in a bit of trouble. Fortunately, the process and software required for resetting a Virtual PC admin password is no different from that of a regular PC. With the Windows Password Reset bootdisk, you can easily reset Virtual PC administrator password in just a few steps.
1Change Virtual PC Setting
- Click here to download and save the PCUnlocker self-extracting Zip file to your host computer, then extract the ISO image file: pcunlocker.iso from it.
- Open your target virtual machine in the Microsoft Virtual PC. Click on the Tools menu and then choose Settings.
- Select DVD Drive in the left pane. Next, check the 'Open an ISO image' option and click the Browse button to locate the pcunlocker.iso file.If you're running Virtual PC 2007, the steps to attach the ISO file are different: When you power on the virtual machine, click on the CD menu and select Capture ISO Image as shown below.
2Reset Windows Administrator Password
- Turn on or restart your virtual machine. When the POST screen comes up (as shown in the image below), press the DEL key to enter into BIOS Setup.
- Once in the BIOS Setup, use the arrow keys to select the Boot menu, then choose Boot Device Priority and press Enter.
- Select 1st Boot Device and press Enter. From the pop-up menu, choose CDROM as we need to boot with a CD or ISO image. When done, press the F10 key to save and exit.
- Now your virtual machine will boot from ISO image. When the PCUnlocker program launches, select the administrator account and click on Reset Password.
- Click the Restart button to reboot the virtual machine, you are able to log in to the administrator account with a blank password. It is that simple.
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