My first time be gentle

ahwontthatone

:mad: :eek: :mad: Hi all,

could anyone help a Newbie with a technical problem..er.. I need to change my user privaledges on my pc, however i cant access in safe mode cos I dont know my administrator password, at the moment my privaledges are very limited.. and its driving me :eek:

Browntoa

how have you forgotten it ??

Browntoa

found this here

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

Free Windows password-cracking tools are usually Linux boot disks that have NT file system (NTFS) drivers and software that will read the registry and rewrite the password hashes for any account including the Administrators. This process requires physical access to the console and an available floppy drive but it works like a charm! I've done it myself several times with no glitch or problem whatsoever.

Beware!!! Resetting a user's or administrator's password on some systems (like Windows XP) might cause data loss, especially EFS-encrypted files and saved passwords from within Internet Explorer. To protect yourself against EFS-encrypted files loss you should always export your Private and Public key, along with the keys for the Recovery Agent user. Please read more about EFS on my What's EFS? page. Out of the following list, the only tool that will no cause any harm to EFS-encrypted files on your hard disk is the Windows Password recovery system.
Here are 5 of these free tools:

1. Windows Password recovery - Can retrieve forgotten admin and users' passwords in minutes. Safest possible option, does not write anything to hard drive.
   
2. Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor - A great boot CD/Floppy that can reset the local administrator's password.
   
3. Openwall's John the Ripper - Good boot floppy with cracking capabilities.
   
4. EBCD – Emergency Boot CD - Bootable CD, intended for system recovery in the case of software or hardware faults.
   
5. Austrumi - Bootable CD for recovering passwords and other cool tools.
   

Rex_Mundi

Nice post Browntoa. You could have lots fun with those discs.

Browntoa

like change peoples admin passwords

ahwontthatone

Browntoa wrote:

how have you forgotten it ??

Not exactly.. never knew it.. Was set up by someone else..and they cant rememder it

Browntoa

option 5 looks easiest to me

ahwontthatone

Thanks will give it a try,,

Will let you know how I get on...Cheers