Reset your Windows XP Security settings such as User Name and Password

1. Insert Windows XP CD into your CD or DVD ROM.

2. Copy the DEPLOY.cab file from cd to your local hard disk. It is located at E:\SUPPORT\TOOLS (The drive latter E can be different depending on your CD ROM drive latter).

3. Extract that DEPLOY.cab file.

4. Open the DEPLOY folder and double-click on sysprep file.

5. A dialog box System Preparation Tool 2.0 appears. Click on OK button.

6. Another dialog box appears, Set the shutdown mode to Reboot.

7. Click on Reseal button. It takes several minutes and then system is restarted.

8. After restarting, the system asks for several things such as CD key, user name and password, windows registration, etc.

9. Finally your windows XP security settings are reset.

10. Now delete the DEPLOY folder that you have extracted.

How to Repair the Boot Sector

If XP won't start it may be due to a damaged boot sector or a missing or corrupt ntldr or ntdetect.com files.

To replace damaged ntldr and ntdetect.com you can copy fresh files from the XP CD using the COPY command. Boot with the XP CD and enter the Recovery Console. At the Command Prompt type the following (where "X" is your CD-Rom drive letter) allowing the files to overwrite the old files

COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C:

COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:



To repair a damaged Boot Sector at the command prompt type FIXBOOT and press Enter. Then answer "Y"