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Windows NT admin password

  • 09-10-2003 1:11pm
    #1
    Kai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Where i work we have an Nt machine which is rarely turned off, this morning the Cd-drive broke and the machine had to be restarted. 2 days before this the only person who knows the password was fired and the chances of getting the administrator password from his impossible.
    So what i want to know is can i somehow get the machine running again without actually formatting the drive ??


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  • #2
    quinta
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭quinta


    Easy:

    NTFS File System:

    Follow the link below:

    http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

    Download rawrite2 and the binary file from this site, at the bottom of the page. Follow the instructions on how to install the Linux image onto the floppy drive.

    rawrite2 -f bd??????.bin -d A:
    Replace ?????? with version number.

    Boot off the floppy, follow the on-screen prompts and change the admin password or remove it completely.

    Alternatively: FAT

    If you have FAT file system. Boot of a windows 98 boot-disk or something similar, when you get a DOS prompt go to:

    c:\winnt\system32\config

    rename SAM to SAM.bak or whatever. Reboot and then log in with Administrator and no password.


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