On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 11:25 AM Wayne S via cctech <cctech@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I should have specifically said it’s Windows Nt. Issue is that it’s an > Alpha so can’t use the usual software to change or remove the password > unless there’s an Alpha version. Best suggestion so far is to use a version > of Unix that runs on Alpha and rename the SAM file.
Or maybe try attaching the boot drive to an x86 system and try using the usual Windows NT password reset tools? (e.g. chntpw Live CD) I have no idea if all of the file systems and data file formats are identical enough between x86 and Alpha versions of Windows NT. Would probably be a good idea to make a backup image of the boot drive before using any tools to modify its contents.