http://www.kevinscrate.com/blog/2007/08/03/using-a-win-xp-password-reset-disk/ Exploring our Digital World Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.kevinscrate.com/blog/2007/08/03/using-a-win-xp-password-reset-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Nick Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:38:21 +0000 http://www.kevinscrate.com/blog/2007/08/03/using-a-win-xp-password-reset-disk/#comment-1212 For home users, password reset disk is the most optimal solution for password reset. If you know your local administrator password (or if it's blank as default) - this can be the way to go as well. Alternatively, the only other way is a clean reinstall of windows. For enterprise users my recommendation is implementing sometning like <a href="http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/password-self-service" rel="nofollow">desktop authority password self service</a>. This solution is extremally useful: users can reset their passwords by themselves - just by answering several challenge questions. This tool can be even integrated to windows logon screen. For home users, password reset disk is the most optimal solution for password reset.
If you know your local administrator password (or if it’s blank as default) – this can be the way to go as well.
Alternatively, the only other way is a clean reinstall of windows.
For enterprise users my recommendation is implementing sometning like desktop authority password self service.
This solution is extremally useful: users can reset their passwords by themselves – just by answering several challenge questions. This tool can be even integrated to windows logon screen.

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