February 18, 2008

please help!!! forgotten password for laptop?!!!!?


in response to you comment:
My son has changed my password for connecting laptop win 2000 pro w / nt tech and not remember what it is. I use this laptop to school, i dont ever go online with it, so it has no online services installed.i have no backup software or the other, how can I connect?

You will need your Windows NT CD. I just see that you had Windows 2000 so that you need the CD to reset your password.

To retrieve a Windows NT/2000/XP lost administrator password, you will need a local access to the machine. The first step is to start the engine by using a diskette or bootable CD that contains NTFS (NT File System) drivers. This allows you to take the next step, which is to recover or reset the password Administrator.

Start with NTFS drivers
Petter Nordahl-Hagen created a good set of boot disks with Linux-based NTFS support. Download this package

You can also use your own diskette or bootable CD, as long as they bear the NTFS and can run the utility that you intend to use to retrieve the administrator password.

Note that this step is required only if your system uses an NTFS. If your system uses a different file system, you must start with drivers for the files.

Recover password Administrator
In an attempt to recover the administrator password, use a tool such as John the Ripper OpenWall with Olle Segerdahl's patch NTLM or L0phtCrack Mudge and Weld Pond. John the Ripper runs on Unix, DOS or Windows. L0phtCrack runs on Unix or Windows.

To reset the administrator password, use a tool like `chntpw", which is included with Petter Nordahl-Hagen's bootdisk package mentioned above.

Reset Password administrator will save you access to the system. Recovering the administrator password you can access the system without being obvious to the sysadmin legitimate, and you are also aware of sysadmin administrator password, which can give you access to other machines.


1 comment:

backup guy said...

(From old blog's comments)
try to upgrade your laptop with OS win2003
And then it will probably