It's not a Nordahl kinda thing - Nordahl changes passwords. This patches the Windows kernel at boot to bypass password checking.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:04, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > ???? > > pnordahl's solution has been available for years... > > http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ > > Perhaps I'm missing something, but it reads to be the same thing. > > ________________________________________ > From: John Aldrich [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:04 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Spotted this a couple of days ago... > > Hehe. I've got a similar CD. Doesn't work with domain accounts, but it'll fix > local account passwords, including Admin accounts. Note, that it does not do > anything for encrypted file systems, so if you've forgotten your password for > your encrypted HDD, you're out of luck! Windows will boot fine, but you won't > be able to read any of your encrypted documents or anything. :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Spotted this a couple of days ago... > > Gotta love security researchers... > > > Haven't tried this yet, but it looks, well, *interesting*... > > > http://piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/ > > From his announcement: > > "No special usage instructions are required for Windows users, just boot from > Kon-Boot CD/Floppy, select your profile and put any password you want. You > lost your password? Now it doesnt matter at all :-)" > > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2078 - Release Date: 04/24/09 > 07:54:00 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
