title explains it all. I forgot my password for the administrator account and need to reset it. is there any way i could do it without reformatting?
yup
need to find a program that i cant think of the name of right now. damnit
need to find a program that i cant think of the name of right now. damnit
"you know life is what we make it, and a chance is like a picture, it'd be nice if you just take it"
looks sketchy...d4rkst4r wrote:
here
you cant log on as any other admin account right?
if not, try this... u make a boot cd and it will help you clear the password. its free
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
if not, try this... u make a boot cd and it will help you clear the password. its free
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Last edited by steelie34 (2008-01-31 13:19:46)
Ophcrack
Last edited by mikkel (2008-01-31 13:23:32)
im gonna try that nowsteelie34 wrote:
you cant log on as any other admin account right?
if not, try this... u make a boot cd and it will help you clear the password. its free
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
I just used that utility to reset a friends vista laptop... works great... just follow the steps... very good tool...steelie34 wrote:
you cant log on as any other admin account right?
if not, try this... u make a boot cd and it will help you clear the password. its free
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Love is the answer
this is a great tool for cracking a password... but our op wants to just reset it. good tool to have anyway, it can break any ntlm password rather quickly the only catch is precompiling the rainbow table... they can get to be over 40 GBs...mikkel wrote:
Ophcrack
Last edited by steelie34 (2008-01-31 15:17:25)
Take out the hard drive, hook it to another PC as a slave drive, edit the SAM file.
edit with what?[FHF]MattyZ wrote:
Take out the hard drive, hook it to another PC as a slave drive, edit the SAM file.
did you use the floppy or the CD?[TUF]Catbox wrote:
I just used that utility to reset a friends vista laptop... works great... just follow the steps... very good tool...steelie34 wrote:
you cant log on as any other admin account right?
if not, try this... u make a boot cd and it will help you clear the password. its free
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
i tried the cd and it didnt work for me
im gonna try the floppy now, but im sort of confused on the drivers it says it needs on the web page
you have to make sure the cd has the proper drivers to support ide or sata. it needs the basic drivers in order to mount the file system from the cd. if you know what kind of hard drive you have, you can download the drivers from the manuf. web site, and copy them to a floppy disk. this way the cd can use the drivers on the floppy for your hard drive...
Yup.
You need to use a Linux boot disk. It's very easy. Takes about 2 mins.
http://www.ebcd.pcministry.com/
You need to use a Linux boot disk. It's very easy. Takes about 2 mins.
http://www.ebcd.pcministry.com/
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/erd.ars
Found it, I have a copy but you should be able to find one out there somewhere. Its the best program I have found to do stuff like that.
Found it, I have a copy but you should be able to find one out there somewhere. Its the best program I have found to do stuff like that.