computer administrator

niccy

Hi, my youngest kids have managed to change permissions and now i cant log on as computer admin:cool: the account i believe to have permission is my girls who's forgot the password
is there i simple way to sort this out
thanks for any help

HoofeHearted

Go to this site - http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/. Follow the instructions and create a bootable floppy or CD. Boot up with the floppy/CD and you can then change the password of any user account, including administrator.

Download http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bd050303.zip to create the floppy disk or http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd060213.zip to create the CD.


Hope that helps.

browolf

i use
Austrumi 0.9.2 to blank admin passwords. its a small bootable linux cd. if you logon as nt_pass it prompts you all the way thru the process.

everythingblogcast

Dont do any of the above -sorry but those things can lead to virus and firewall problems.

If you are using Windows XP Professional, Media Centre or Tablet you can log in as "administrator" and the password as nothing or even password.

If it is you computer tell him/her to let you in or you will lock them out of the house.

ReadyBet

only is the administrator password is 'blank' or 'password'

everythingblogcast

ReadyBet wrote:

only is the administrator password is 'blank' or 'password'

Yes that is what I was trying to get to.

HoofeHearted

everythingblogcast wrote:

Dont do any of the above -sorry but those things can lead to virus and firewall problems.

If you are using Windows XP Professional, Media Centre or Tablet you can log in as "administrator" and the password as nothing or even password.

If it is you computer tell him/her to let you in or you will lock them out of the house.

I don't see how using a linux boot disk can cause virus/firewall problems.
The pc boots up in linux, loads the registry security hive, changes the admin password and writes the changes back.

From the original post, it seems that someone has changed the admin password, so it will not be "blank" or "password".

Just my 2p worth

ReadyBet

It is possible for the linux bootdisk to write a virus to the harddrive if the person who wrote the software is less than trustworthy.

Having said that and used many of the nt password hacking tools. I have never had a problem with viruses

everythingblogcast

HoofeHearted wrote:

I don't see how using a linux boot disk can cause virus/firewall problems.
The pc boots up in linux, loads the registry security hive, changes the admin password and writes the changes back.

From the original post, it seems that someone has changed the admin password, so it will not be "blank" or "password".

Just my 2p worth

When some people setup the computer they include the first names of the family member + an account called admin. there is a build-in administrator with the password as blank.

So in most likely it would have been this visable admin account rather then the hidden administrator account.

amcluesent

>but those things can lead to virus and firewall problems<

What a load of twaddle. Download and burn the live-boot CD from ophcrack and it'll reveal all passwords by the time you've boiled the kettle.

marleyboy

amcluesent wrote:

>but those things can lead to virus and firewall problems<

What a load of twaddle. Download and burn the live-boot CD from ophcrack and it'll reveal all passwords by the time you've boiled the kettle.

second that, have used this software myself in the past with NO such virus's