http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/ - here you go
-----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 1:30 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Re: XP Admin Password Recovery On 3 Feb 2003 at 11:29, Carmine Poliandro wrote: > Hello, > > This may be OFF-Topic due to it being on XP. > > I have an XP PC with IDE Raid. The PC lost connectivity, or more > accurately, it lost credentials with the network. The local admin > password is unknown and the user does not want to reinstall/repair. > > I do have a Linux Boot Disk that allows me to change admin password. > However, due to the fact that this is IDE RAID, the disk cannot mount > the partition. The linux does have SCSI drivers, but does not have IDE > RAID drivers. I have the IDE RAID drivers available on a different > diskette. I am unsure if how to load them with the Linux Boot Disk. > > Has anyone come across this and can you offer any suggestions? You've probably already dealt with this old problem, but I came across this msg this morning on another list: > "Windows XP, which has been marketed by Microsoft as "the most secure > version ever," has been found to have a flaw so bone-headed that it > renders passwords ineffective as a means of keeping people out of your > PC." http://www.briansbuzz.com/w/030213/ Here's another msg from the thread which discussed the above, don't know if it'll help. > This is nothing... If you have access to Volume License Media, pull > out your new CD of Windows PE 1.1 (Pre-Installation Enviroment), and > boot off it. It is nice enough to load DHCP, and LANMAN services.. > Then you can browse through the hard drive and copy what ever you want > up to the LAN. Unlike the recovery console, you have full rights to > edit anything you like as well. Don't know if PE1.1 has RAID drivers too ... -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124 http://www.geoapps.com/ AIM: AngusWSF ICQ: 165646506 --------------------------------------------------------- -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124 http://www.geoapps.com/ AIM: AngusWSF ICQ: 165646506 --------------------------------------------------------- ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
