[NBLUG/talk] resetting pw on an XP box

Tim C. Lewis tclewis at oreilly.com
Wed Sep 17 08:28:38 PDT 2008


On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, gandalf at sonic.net wrote:
> I tried using chntpw a couple times in knoppix (5.1) and it still asks 
> for a password to log on. It says "BASIC COMPANY" for the password hint. 
> I didn't set this box up, my boss bought it off craigslist and it has an 
> bulk business XP install disk. I don't know how leget it is although the 
> disk appears to be legit. I think it's XP pro if that make a difference.

unsure on how well this will work for you, but i tried this one a week or 
two ago and it cleared an xp admin password for me just fine:
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
cd080802.zip is the one i used.

-tcl.




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