Windows NT stores its user information, including crypted versions of the passwords, in a file called ‘sam’, usually found in \winnt\system32\config. This file is a part of the registry, in a binary format previously undocumented, and not easily accessible. But now this software author has made a program that understands the registry.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
This is a utility to (re)set the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your NT system (Windows XP is an NT system). You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.
This free program works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppydisk or CD. In addition, it’ll detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts!
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