Forgot your XP pwd? tips 'n' tricks (win xp)

Forgot Ur Administrator Password!

Can't Log On to Windows XP?

If that's your only problem, then you probably have nothing to worry about. As long as you have your Windows XP CD, you can get back into your system using a simple but effective method made possible by alittle known access hole in Windows XP.

you can easily change or wipe out your Administrator password for freeduring a Windows XP Repair. Here's how with a step-by-step descriptionof the initial Repair process included for newbie's.

1. Place your Windows XP CD in your cd-rom and start your computer(it's assumed here that your XP CD is bootable – as it should be - andthat you have your bios set to boot from CD)

2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cdTypically, it will be "Press any key to boot from cd"

3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup isinspecting your system and loading files.

4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to SetupWindows now

5. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it.

6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option todo a Repair. It should read something like "If one of the followingWindows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it"

Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if youonly have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin theRepair process.

7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then startcopying files which can take several minutes.

8. Shortly after the Copying Files stage, you will be required toreboot. (this will happen automatically – you will see a progress barstating "Your computer will reboot in 15 seconds"

9. During the reboot, do not make the mistake of "pressing any key" toboot from the CD again! Setup will resume automatically with thestandard billboard screens and you will notice Installing Windows ishighlighted.

10. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and whenyou see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. Thisis the security hole! A command console will now open up giving youthe potential for wide access to your system.

11. At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. Voila! You havejust gained graphical access to your User Accounts in the Control Panel.

12. Now simply pick the account you need to change and remove orchange your password as you prefer. If you want to log on withouthaving to enter your new password, you can type control userpasswords2at the prompt and choose to log on without being asked for password.After you've made your changes close the windows, exit the command boxand continue on with the Repair (have your Product key handy).

13. Once the Repair is done, you will be able to log on with your newpassword (or without a password if you chose not to use one or if youchose not to be asked for a password). Your programs and personalizedsettings should remain intact.

It has been tested on Windows XP Pro with and without SP1 and also hasbeen used in a real situation where someone could not remember their password and it worked like a charm to fix the problem. This security hole allows access to more than just user accounts. You can also
access the Registry and Policy Editor, for example. And its gui access with mouse control. Of course, a Product Key will be needed to continue with the Repair after making the changes, but for anyone intent on gaining access to your system, this would be no problem.

And in case you are wondering, NO, you cannot cancel install after making the changes and expect to logon with your new password.

Cancelling will just result in Setup resuming at bootup and your changes will be lost.

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New name, old game: ajax!

Ajax applications look almost as if they reside on the user's machine, rather than across the Internet on a server. The reason: pages get updated, not entirely refreshed.

“Every user action that normally would generate an HTTP request takes the form of a JavaScript call to the Ajax engine instead”, wrote Jesse James Garrett, in the essay that first defined the term. “Any response to a user action that doesn’t require a trip back to the server — such as simple data validation, editing data in memory, and even some navigation — the engine handles on its own. If the engine needs something from the server in order to respond — if it’s submitting data for processing, loading additional interface code, or retrieving new data — the engine makes those requests asynchronously, usually using XML, without stalling a user’s interaction with the application.”

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@wiki

Character sets

Official guide to character sets:

This document specifies an Internet standards
track protocol for the Internet community:
linky dinky @ iana

Also see UTF-8, a transformation
format of ISO 10646 @ietf

A good explaination @ wiki on
character encoding and
UCS (universal character sets)


Encoding is specified in html under the
following tag:

content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />

and xml