This is a built-in feature of Windows XP that only a few people are aware of. With this tool, you won’t have to download a separate password generating program or go online to visit a password generating website. It only takes a few minutes and it’s very easy to do.

Steps on how to use the Windows XP hidden password generator after the jump.

Here’s what you need to do:

• Click on Start
• Then go to Run



• Type cmd



• In the command prompt, type net user administrator /random and hit Enter



• Viola! You now have a secure 8-character password.

If you don’t like the created password and would like to create a new one, just hit F3 (assuming that you didn’t close the window) to bring back the ‘net user administrator /random‘ line so you won’t have to type it again, then hit Enter. Repeat steps until you get desired password.

I hope you liked this simple tip on how to use the Windows XP Password Generator and find it useful. Who knows, it might come in handy in the near future.

Aside from negligence, the reason why some people’s email accounts or social network accounts gets easily hacked is because they use weak passwords. A good example of a weak password would be “password” which is #1 in the list of most commonly used passwords online. So what is a strong password? Strong passwords are relatively long (at least 8 characters) and uses a combination of lower and upper case letters, digits and symbols.

If you’re having a hard time creating or thinking of a strong password,
here are some tools that can help you:

Websites:

• PassPub
• Strong Password Generator
• PC Tools Password Generator

Offline Programs:

• PassBuilder
• PWGen

Firefox Add-ons:

• SecurePassword Generator
• Magic Password Generator

Now that you have a strong password, please keep it and guard it with your life. That might be a little exaggerated but I know you get my point. I hope that after you read this post, you won’t be too lazy or negligent with your passwords and that you’ll practice safe computing from now on.

So how secure is your password? What are your methods of choosing or creating passwords? Do you know of other reliable password generators? Do you have any experiences of having your accounts hacked? Please share it with us.

Btw, do you know that Windows XP has a secret password generator? If you wanna know how to use it, you’ll have to come back next time coz there’s not much time left to talk about it here. So stay tuned!