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RE: WinXP Admin login
From: "nate" <nate () mcconnellsonline com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:57:36 -0700
Also another way to do it is boot to safe mode with another administrator account and it will allow you to change the admin password within the control panel. Or find the password recovery disk that's out there and run it to reset the password. -----Original Message----- From: Gene LeDuc [mailto:Gene.LeDuc () tns-md com] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:58 PM To: 'Scanga, Gary' Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: RE: WinXP Admin login You can use one of the password-whackers for Windows machines to erase or set a new password for the admin account. You boot to a linux floppy and change it from there. The one I like use can be found at: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ It works for NT, W2k, and XP but there's a warning about users who are using EFS. -----Original Message----- From: Scanga, Gary [mailto:gary.scanga () attws com] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:07 AM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: WinXP Admin login Other than use the WinXP installation disc, is there another way to re-capture Admin privileges on a machine that was previously given a password for the Admin account? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forum Systems PRESIDIO: PGP / XML GATEWAY APPLIANCE The Presidio integrates PGP data encryption and XML Web Services security to simplify the management and deployment of PGP and reduce overall PGP costs by up to 80%. FREE WHITEPAPER & 30 Day Trial - http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/ForumSystems_security-basics_031027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- RE: WinXP Admin login, (continued)
- RE: WinXP Admin login dave kleiman (Nov 19)
- Re: WinXP Admin login crtech (Nov 19)
- RE: WinXP Admin login Stephen Glenn (Nov 20)
- RE: WinXP Admin login Sarbjit Singh Gill (Nov 20)
- Re: WinXP Admin login Charles Mitchell (Nov 19)
- RE: WinXP Admin login Matt Hessel (Nov 19)
- RE: WinXP Admin login jay . stapleton (Nov 19)
- RE: WinXP Admin login Steven Vallarian (Nov 19)
- Re: WinXP Admin login Vishal (Nov 19)
- RE: WinXP Admin login Gene LeDuc (Nov 19)
- RE: WinXP Admin login nate (Nov 20)
- Re: WinXP Admin login Jamie L Thompson (Nov 20)
- Re: WinXP Admin login Jamie L Thompson (Nov 21)
- RE: WinXP Admin login Gene LeDuc (Nov 21)
- RE: WinXP Admin login Raoul Armfield (Nov 21)
- RE: WinXP Admin login Maher Odeh (Nov 23)