Re: HELP

From: Jim (junk@junk.com)
Date: 10/06/02 

From: "Jim" <junk@junk.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:41:30 -0700

There are utilities out there that allow you to change the admin password
without knowing the original? How do they get past the security? How can
Windows 2000 pass government certification for security with a flaw like
this?

Jim

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
news:3D9F3FE4.ADD69300@hydro.com...
> John Power wrote:
>
> > I changed the domain and now I can't log on. My
> > administrator password no longer works. I've tried
> > everything. Please help. Please respond to my email.
>
> Hi
>
>
> From: Stephen Souza (ssouza@.usa.#Niner.net)
> Subject: Re: PASSWORD REMOVAL
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.security
> Date: 2002-09-12 11:57:38 PST
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Xns92879791282FBStephenSouzausanet%4020
9.189.89.243
>
> <qoute>
> "LINDA" <CPSPECIAL@ATT.NET> wrote in news:f52f01c25a85$f118f4d0
> $2ae2c90a@phx.gbl:
>
> > My 12 yr. old has a computer running Windows 2000 Pro. He
> > likes to think that he knows a lot about computers and
> > frequently changes his password. However, he was gone
> > for a while and has now forgotten the password. How can
> > we override it or delete it?
>
> Subject: Re: forgot admin password
>
> a. http://www.sysinternals.com - ERD Commander 2002
> b. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
> c. http://www.dmzs.com/tools/files/
> d. http://www.nmrc.org/files/snt/index.html - bootdisk.bin
> e. http://www.nttoolbox.com/public/tools/LinNT.zip
> f. http://www.sunbelt-software.com - NTAccess
> g. http://www.2600slc.org/texts/SAM_Files.txt
> h. http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm See Tip # 1984
>
>
> These tools will allow a reset of the admin password
> without knowing what the orginal was. you use one of
> the suggested options to boot the system and alter
> the password. WARNING: use at your own risk.
>
> I have used options a, b, c, d. e. I like ERD Commander
> but it is expensive, I would suggest trying ntpasswd
>
> (a) boot cdrom
> (b) ntpasswd, it does work and is free. (single disk)
> (c) boot cdrom (ISO) version of b.(must create cdrom)
> (d/e) another boot disk version of b. (single disk)
> (f) commercial software (multiple disks)
> (g) manual procedure
>
>
> </qoute>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir
> Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI
> Porsgrunn Norway
>
>

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