Forgotten password

[copterbob]

I had a question that I submitted several days ago relating to geting past
the welcome window on a PC with WinXP Pro SPK 2 installed that had an
administrator pasword that was established by a person no longer with us.
There is data in that Pc that we would like to obtain for our college course,
and want to know if there is a way to get into the operating system around
the unknown password. The password hint says birth date, but we have no way
of knowing what date was used.
I know you can create a lost password floppy disc, but you have to get into
control panel, and we can't do that without getting into the operating
system, and one made on another PC won't work. I have had no replys as yet,
can anyone out there help???
Bob R

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

copterbob wrote:
> I had a question that I submitted several days ago relating to geting
> past the welcome window on a PC with WinXP Pro SPK 2 installed that
> had an administrator pasword that was established by a person no
> longer with us. There is data in that Pc that we would like to obtain
> for our college course, and want to know if there is a way to get
> into the operating system around the unknown password. The password
> hint says birth date, but we have no way of knowing what date was
> used.
> I know you can create a lost password floppy disc, but you have to
> get into control panel, and we can't do that without getting into the
> operating system, and one made on another PC won't work. I have had
> no replys as yet, can anyone out there help???
> Bob R

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-usQ321305

Go to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ . There you will find
zip files that will let you create boot floppy disks or bootable CDs
that will enable you to reset any system password on an NT class
operating system.

 

[Malke]

copterbob wrote:
> I had a question that I submitted several days ago relating to geting past
> the welcome window on a PC with WinXP Pro SPK 2 installed that had an
> administrator pasword that was established by a person no longer with us.
> There is data in that Pc that we would like to obtain for our college course,
> and want to know if there is a way to get into the operating system around
> the unknown password. The password hint says birth date, but we have no way
> of knowing what date was used.
> I know you can create a lost password floppy disc, but you have to get into
> control panel, and we can't do that without getting into the operating
> system, and one made on another PC won't work. I have had no replys as yet,
> can anyone out there help???
> Bob R

If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account
with administrative privileges you can log into that account and change
your original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in
Control Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or
don't have the password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in
Administrator account.

In XP Pro, at the Welcome Screen do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the
classic Windows logon box. Type in "Administrator" and whatever password
you assigned when you set up Windows.

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or
have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the
built-in Administrator account's password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords
that you will remember and make other desired changes.

To change the built-in Administrator account in XP Pro if you can log
into another account with administrative privileges reset the password
in the Local Users and Groups snap-in in Microsoft Management Console
(MMC):

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type "mmc" (without the quotation marks), and then
click OK to start MMC.
3. Start the Local Users and Groups snap-in.
4. Under Console Root, expand "Local Users and Groups", and then click
Users.
5. In the right pane, right-click Administrator, and then click Set
Password.
6. Click Proceed in the message box that appears.
7. Type and confirm the new password in the appropriate boxes, and then
click OK.


Malke
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[hehe]

or just use ophcrack live cd
I have a feeling you will be able to crack pass in matter of minutes

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"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:u90%23F4yVIHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> copterbob wrote:
>> I had a question that I submitted several days ago relating to geting
>> past the welcome window on a PC with WinXP Pro SPK 2 installed that had
>> an administrator pasword that was established by a person no longer with
>> us. There is data in that Pc that we would like to obtain for our college
>> course, and want to know if there is a way to get into the operating
>> system around the unknown password. The password hint says birth date,
>> but we have no way of knowing what date was used.
>> I know you can create a lost password floppy disc, but you have to get
>> into control panel, and we can't do that without getting into the
>> operating system, and one made on another PC won't work. I have had no
>> replys as yet, can anyone out there help???
>> Bob R
>
> If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account with
> administrative privileges you can log into that account and change your
> original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in Control
> Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or don't have
> the password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in Administrator
> account.
>
> In XP Pro, at the Welcome Screen do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic
> Windows logon box. Type in "Administrator" and whatever password you
> assigned when you set up Windows.
>
> If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or have
> Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in
> Administrator account's password to a blank.
>
> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
> Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords
> that you will remember and make other desired changes.
>
> To change the built-in Administrator account in XP Pro if you can log into
> another account with administrative privileges reset the password in the
> Local Users and Groups snap-in in Microsoft Management Console (MMC):
>
> 1. Click Start, and then click Run.
> 2. In the Open box, type "mmc" (without the quotation marks), and then
> click OK to start MMC.
> 3. Start the Local Users and Groups snap-in.
> 4. Under Console Root, expand "Local Users and Groups", and then click
> Users.
> 5. In the right pane, right-click Administrator, and then click Set
> Password.
> 6. Click Proceed in the message box that appears.
> 7. Type and confirm the new password in the appropriate boxes, and then
> click OK.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User