Vista - Recovery of Forgot Password for Login

Hi,

6 months before I created a VHD file with XP environment .
Now I have forgotten the User ID & Password to logon.
Is there any way to recover the password or get inside the XP environment.

Please help me guys........

Regards,

Vageesh

"Vageesh" <Vageesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is not a VPC question. The fact that XP is running in a virtual machine
as opposed to a physical machine is completely irrelevant...

You'll need to use one of the many password recovery utilities:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...ssword+recover


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How to recover Windows Server 2003/Windows XP password in VirtualPC
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1. First, go to where your virtual machines are stored, in my case it is at:
C:\Documents and Settings\OSC049\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\fabrikam

2. Second, you have to remove all the ".vmc" and ".vud" files; in my case
under the fabrikam folder, except the virtual hard drive ".vhd" file(s).

3. After that, download Ophcrack from "http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/"
and burn onto a cd.

4. Run your VirtualPC console and open your virtual machine, from the console
in the title menu choose CD > Use Physical Drive D: (or whatever your cd rom
letter is...

a).NOTE: It is very important that you do this quickly before the Windows OS
starts booting. Just let it run; at the end it will show you your
password. Depending on the speed of your machine and the size of
the virtual hard drive, it may take between 15 to 40 minutes or so.

b). In some Computers when you run the Ophcrack, the graphical mode some how
freezes the console. So you have to choose the text mode instead.

5. Finally, be pacient and cross your fingers.

It works for me !!!!

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On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:22:48 GMT, "xicohtl"<xicohtl@xxxxxx> wrote:
Since it is an ISO file it is completely unneccessary to burn it to a
CD. Instead just capture it in the virtual machine by dragging the
file on top of the CD icon in the bottom of the window.

There are numerous other ways to do this, normally you just reset the
admin password on the XP machine via a boot-up utility. No need to
actually retrieve the existing password, just set it blank and then
log in and do whatever you need.
Google is your friend:
http://tinyurl.com/dx2v3o

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