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GilbertsGrape
01-31-2002, 07:06 PM
A friend of mine is using Windows XP professional and the machine had only one use set up on it and that is Administrator. Well the password for that account has set to expire and they do not know the old password so they cant set the new one. Is there any way to reset or find out the administrator password with out having to reformat and reinstall Windows XP professional.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

GrapeDude
Crunch It Now
01-31-2002, 08:46 PM
the only way that i know how is with a program called ERD Commander, made by Winternals software - www.winternals.com The program makes a bootable floppy or cd which you can use to change passwords, among lots of other things. The demo version i dont think allows you to change passwords, so you'll need to get the full version to fix your situation....
Red Label
02-01-2002, 09:46 AM
It sounds like you have basicly the same problem as this guy. This will make it so the password won't expire; however, it won't tell you what the password is. Hope this helps
http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=38342
GilbertsGrape
02-01-2002, 10:11 AM
I tried that URL and this is what i got "No web site is configured at this address."

i take it that their site is down..
Thank you anyways Crunch

L8R,
GrapeDude





Originally posted by Crunch It Now
the only way that i know how is with a program called ERD Commander, made by Winternals software - www.winternals.com. The program makes a bootable floppy or cd which you can use to change passwords, among lots of other things. The demo version i dont think allows you to change passwords, so you'll need to get the full version to fix your situation....
GilbertsGrape
02-01-2002, 10:13 AM
I got the url to work there was a "." at the end.....

TY

GrapeDude
GilbertsGrape
02-01-2002, 10:16 AM
Thank you .... if we can ever get logged back into the system i will set the password to never expire ....

GrapeDude


Originally posted by Red Label
It sounds like you have basicly the same problem as this guy. This will make it so the password won't expire; however, it won't tell you what the password is. Hope this helps
http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=38342
Crunch It Now
02-01-2002, 11:24 AM
Originally posted by GilbertsGrape
I got the url to work there was a "." at the end.....

TY

GrapeDude


good catch - sorry bout that :rolleyes:
editing my earlier post now....
Sandman
02-14-2002, 11:43 AM
This is the best thing out there it creates a Linux shell and allows you to list users and change user passwords, but not view passwords...
It is a get out of jail free card called: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor. Beware this can't be used if the floppy is disabled or boot is disabled...

Get it here:

http://rr.sans.org/threats/NT_editor.php