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Re: Windows XP Pro cracker?
From: "Per Andre Wilhelmsen [PAW4P-NORID]" <clickvd () gonnamakeyou com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:50:38 +0200
If you have administrative access to the system you can go in as normal and reset the pw, without losing any settings. If you're not full admin, you may take a look at the linux boot floppy which actually resets the password even when it's totally forgotten (sick little bootcd or floppy that allows users to fix up mistakes, ugly but it works!) take a look at : http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ and PLEASE follow the instructions to the smallest detail if you don't feel like sitting with a crashed SAM db. (and yes, you are supposed to write to the hive, that part is the actual SAM overwrite section) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Logan Rogers-Follis" <logan () tntnetworx net> To: "Secuirty Basics with SecuirtyFocus.com" <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:03 AM Subject: Windows XP Pro cracker?
I need to run fixmbr from the Recovery Console on my Windows XP Pro w/ SP1 install and was looking for suggestions of a program to crack/retrieve my Admin password for the computer. Of course, I forgot to use a basic password I know and I didn't write it down so now I am in trouble. I have an Admin control level account on the machine so authority to run a app is no issue. Thanks for the help, otherwise I'll just have to keep guessing, change the password (don't really want to loose the settings) or reload if the password change doesn't take (only seen happen once). Logan --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Current thread:
- Windows XP Pro cracker? Logan Rogers-Follis (Sep 03)
- Re: Windows XP Pro cracker? David Moisan (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? matt willson (Sep 04)
- Re: Windows XP Pro cracker? Ryan Nowakowski (Sep 04)
- Re: Windows XP Pro cracker? /dev/urandom (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? s7726 (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? David Gillett (Sep 04)
- Re: Windows XP Pro cracker? Per Andre Wilhelmsen [PAW4P-NORID] (Sep 04)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Windows XP Pro cracker? Thomas Graf (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? George Peek (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? news (Sep 04)
- Re: Windows XP Pro cracker? Logan Rogers-Follis (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? Nick Duda (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? Michael Dunn (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? Alfred . Diggs (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? George Peek (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? Halverson, Chris (Sep 04)
- RE: Windows XP Pro cracker? Raoul Armfield (Sep 04)
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