yeah it's true, far better than a brute force or dictionary attack on a password file... it's the real deal i've used it a few times
--- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >OK silly me I set up a computer for some colleagues. It came with XP >home, and they are not into linux so I left it at that. > >It came with a blank administrator password so I established a password. > >Three days later I had a senior moment and had completely forgottten >their administrator password. > >Thanks to a referral from Chris H to Barry W, I was referred to this >site: > >http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ > >It has an iso for a boot cd which loads linux with ntfs write support, >and a script that can change NT/XP passwords. (actually it recommends making >them blank and then resetting them from windows.) > >So, now we have access, thanks to Linux. > >Theres two versions - a one floppy (with an optional scsi drivers floppy) >or a 2.2MB cdrom iso, with effectively the same stuff as the one floppy >plus the scsi drivers. > >of course you need physical access to the machine, so its no good for >carckers looking to break into remote boxes. > >wooohooo > >-- >Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _____________________________________________________________ <a href="http://www.gamedev.net";>GameDev.net Email Service</a> - "Plenty of 1's and 0's" _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED], No Ads, 6MB, IMAP, POP, SMTP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag
