I have one of these somewhere. You can't obtain the password, but you can change it by nulling the registry entry. The boot disk I have is a linux iso that uses a freeware library to edit registry data files.
NT Password Recovery stuff nt-recovery-cd060213.zip CD image from http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm I also have source to a program caledl chntpw from the same site: First part of the README.txt: The Offline NT Password Editor (c) 1997-2004 Petter Nordahl-Hagen See COPYING for copyright & credits. See INSTALL for compile/installation instructions. Where to get more info: ----------------------- http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ At that site there's a floppy and a bootable CD that use chntpw to access the NT/2k/XP-system it is booted on to edit password etc. The instructions below are for the standalone program itself, not the floppy. I've used it on XP. I don't expect it will work on Vista. I'm not sure its terribly reliable, either. But it is what it is. I haven't checked for updates in a long time, there might be improved versions on the website. --Dean On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > Granted this is not a UNIX system, but in case there is a UNIX-based tool > to accomplish the goal... > > I am looking for a bootable CD/DVD (or application to be placed on a CD/DVD > to > be made bootable) that can let me mount a Windows XP drive/partition (SP1 or > SP2), and force-crack the admin password (even if admin account name has been > changed, but I know what it has been changed to). The application cannot > write > to the hard drive - only mount it read-only, read the password file into ram, > and show the cracked password. > > I know I can use the pnordahl utility to try and force-change the password, > but > I actually want to crack it. > > The utility should be free. > > This is a legal request. > > Thanks for leads. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > -- Av8 Internet Prepared to pay a premium for better service? www.av8.net faster, more reliable, better service 617 344 9000 _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
