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  • 10-02-2015 3:34pm
    #1
    Nolic
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭


    I've been trying for a few days now but getting nowhere. One of the guys at work can't remember his administrator password on his PC (Windows 7).

    I've tried Ophcrack and a few other free password recovery tools but we're getting no joy. It doesn't even start up. Is there anything else we could try?


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ is a resetter (to blank) rather than an editor.


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    Nolic
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭Nolic


    Do you know how to 'boot off a CD or USB disk'?


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Yes I do it regularly. You may need to check the boot device order settings in your BIOS, and maybe google your PC model to check if it supports USB booting, if that's what you want. I use YUMI (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/) for that, but there's also unetbootin.


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    Nolic
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭Nolic


    I ran the ntpasswd and when I went to reset the password for Administrator and User, it said the user probably didn't have a password and that the password was probably blank. I got a NO NT MD4 Hash Found and NO Lanman Hash Found either. Does that mean anything to you?


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    #6
    Nolic
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭Nolic


    I got it working. Thanks a million for your help


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    johnnybmac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 226 ✭✭johnnybmac


    Nolic wrote: »
    I got it working. Thanks a million for your help
    You should probably post how you sorted it. (for any future posters who run into the problem)

    Personally. NT Offline Password remover works for me every time...


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    Nolic
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭Nolic


    I have two users on the computer. An Administrator and specific user. Every time the specific user would try to download something, it would ask for the Admin password. Well I tried clearing the password for Admin with NT Password Remover but it kept on coming back saying I had no password set even though I did. I did all the steps as required but then decided to give the specific user admin rights. When I did that and restarted, the passwords were cleared. Don't ask me why but it worked.

    Hope that helps anyone who gets the same error.


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    Nolic
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭Nolic


    When I downloaded NT Password Recovery, the folders also went onto my E:Drive. How do I delete those files? It's creating errors on my laptop. When I try to delete, it says I have no Administrator rights even though I do. Is there a way to delete these files? Also my E:Drive is now called chntpw 140201 which is the latest version of NT Password Recovery. Can you help.


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    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    This would also have worked.

    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ss/windows-7-password-reset-walkthrough_12.htm#step-heading


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