There are various tools available that boot an alternate OS from floppy (DOS or Linux) and use some non-microsoft driver to allow write access to the NTFS partition. These may work just fine, but for my tastes, I'd prefer not to have anything other than NT twiddling bits on my NTFS partitions.
When I've done this in the past, the machines had no local user information so I just do this: Install NT to alternate directory (WINNT1) Boot to alternate NT install Delete c:\winnt\system32\config\sam Boot to original install as administrator and no password Delete C:\winnt1 Clean up boot.ini WARNING! This does, of course, delete all the local user accounts and associated security, so it may not be applicable to what you want to do. Another option is to use l0pht crack to try a brute force attack on the SAM. I've never tried it, but I hear that it usually takes only a couple of hours to crack most NT system's administrator account. -----Original Message----- From: Joyce, Louis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 6:34 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: admin pasword There are some sites out there that have tools and information that will get past NT admin passwords. Its just knowing where to search. Regards Mr Louis Joyce Computer Support Analyst Network Administrator BT Ignite eSolutions -----Original Message----- From: Kim Schotanus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 09 January 2002 11:49 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: admin pasword Hi I lost an admin password for NT4 on a laptop, is there a way to get in? It is not configured for the network so that is not a solution. Kim _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
