text: can i figure out my windows xp admin password since i forgotten it? i forgot my widnows xp password and since i do not want to format my hard drive, i was thinking that if there was another way i could find out what the password is instead of having to format the hard drive and reinstalling windows. can anyone help? i am using windows xp professional sp2. try ntpasswd.  it's a free .iso that you can download and burn to a cd.    http://www.gotroot.com/tiki-index.php?page=ntpasswd