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XP network login
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JGillespie
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is the machine on a domain?
is this a local or domain user?
Jamie Gillespie
j-gillespie@s-cheshire.ac.uk
is this a local or domain user?
Jamie Gillespie
j-gillespie@s-cheshire.ac.uk
CTIEng2004
Technical User
Losing the Admin password or any password for the matter has to be one of the most painful things we face in IT. That box sitting in the corner of your office, yes you could reinstall the OS - but wouldn't it be easy to change the password and reboot?
Thankfully I found a solution that I would like to share. Essentially you boot up a Floppy or CD-ROM and that allows you to change the password in the SAM file. How? The boot disk is Linux and simply bypasses Windows.
You can download the images for floppy and CD at URL below. Note there is plenty of technical errata in the event you wish to know the inner workings:
The engineer's email is:
pnordahl@eunet.no
Good luck to all those who have locked machines. I can attest this tool has saved my buns a few times !
Thankfully I found a solution that I would like to share. Essentially you boot up a Floppy or CD-ROM and that allows you to change the password in the SAM file. How? The boot disk is Linux and simply bypasses Windows.
You can download the images for floppy and CD at URL below. Note there is plenty of technical errata in the event you wish to know the inner workings:
The engineer's email is:
pnordahl@eunet.no
Good luck to all those who have locked machines. I can attest this tool has saved my buns a few times !
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