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08/12/2009 10:10:02 AM · #1 |
Okay, guys, you all know everything.
A friend of mine "inherited" a computer from her granddaughter. However, upon log in, it has a password, that the granddaughter cannot remember. :) In effect, no one can get past the log in screen.
It is Windows Vista, if that helps.
thx. |
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08/12/2009 10:15:19 AM · #2 |
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08/12/2009 10:17:39 AM · #3 |
| Yuppers. Format and re-install. |
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08/12/2009 10:32:18 AM · #4 |
No need to reinstall. You can reset that password without problems. Originally posted here by Slippy (I know what you're thinking, but it works really well. I've used it a few times.)
//home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ |
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08/14/2009 01:13:33 PM · #5 |
ophcrack is your friend. Nice and simple GUI, boot from the cd and it does the rest ... just wait a few minutes while it cracks the password for you.
If you want to change the password then the aforementioned ntpasswd program works for that.
Caution - changing the password, imo, should be a last resort as you're writing back to the disk and that may -and I stress may- cause a problem. Cracking the password, logging in, then changing the password is safer.
There are a wealth of other crackers out there as well: gis for windows password cracker |
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