Tips and Tricks in Windows XP
Direct Bootup Without Typing Password
1. At a command prompt, type "control userpasswords2" and press Enter.
2. On the Users tab, clear the Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer check box and then
click OK.
3. In the Automatically Log On dialog box that appears, type the user name and password for the account you want to be logged on each time you start your computer.
How to Change User Password at Command Prompt
How to use the net user command to change the user password at a Windows command prompt. Only administrators can change domain passwords at the Windows command prompt. To change a user's password at the command prompt, log on as an administrator and type: "net user <user_name> * /domain" (without the quotation marks)
When you are prompted to type a password for the user, type the new password, not the existing password. After you type the new password, the system prompts you to retype the password to confirm. The password is now changed.
Alternatively, you can type the following command: net user <user_name> <new_password>. When you do so, the password changes without prompting you again. This command also enables you to change passwords in a batch file.
Non-administrators receive a "System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied" error message when they attempt to change the password
RAPID SHUTDOWN
1. Open Task manager (By Ctrl+Alt+Del or R.click on the taskbar and select Task manager)
2.Hold Ctrl + Shift and select Shutdown menu and click Turn Off.
I assume no responsibility for the Data loss or the purpose to which this information is used. This includes employees attempting to bypass restrictions put into place by System Administrators on corporate machines.
Recover Forgotten Administrator Password
or
"Corrupted or missing \windows\system32\config\system" problem while Booting
1. Boot up with DOS by Windows 98 Start up Disk (Incase of NTFS partition use Win 2000 CD Recovery console or "NTFS 4 DOS" from www.Sysinternels.com or www.datapol.de).
2. Replace SAM and System files in Windows\system32\config directory with Windows\repair.
3. Now when you boot up in XP the password on your built-in administrator account will be blank (No password).
[Note: Use with caution, take back up of \windows\system32\config\system and \windows\system32\config\sam before replacing.]
Windows XP Problems
HAL.DLL missing or corrupted
This problem is due to mis configured "Boot.ini" file.
solution:
1. Boot using Windows XP CD and Select Repair
2."Bootcfg /list" use this command to verify Boot.ini file.
3. "Bootcfg /rebuid" use this command to repair Boot.ini file now restart the computer.
NTLR (or) NTDETECT.COM not found
1. Copy these files from /I386 folder of windows XP CD to "C:\".
[Note: For FAT partition use Win 98 Start up disk. For NTFS partition use the tricks in "Recover forgotten administrator password".]
