I have a test machine that Mini XP should be fine on. It's my old 2009 Sony with 2GB RAM. XP did fail on 4+GB memory machines. This is not anything new.
So that I can test as it runs W10 fine and I can make the boot CD.
But is there really some other question here? That is, is your real question about how to reset the password?
I recently made a usb stick with hirens boot cd 15.02 and i wanted to change my password. I tried the offline password editor but apparently it cannot find the path for SAM (if anyone can help with that i will be very pleased too) Then i tried to use Mini Windows XP and when i select it, it load the bar and goes to the windows xp logo when the cursor appears after 1 or 2 seconds my laptop turns off!!! Please help!

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