Re: Security with XP
From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 11/12/02
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From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 06:10:07 -0700
This was an possible with W2k. I have heard of some
that say this has worked for them with XP even though
it was supposedly disabled with the XP release. It has
not worked for me, but then I may have done something
wrong.
-- Roger Abell MS MVP (Security, Windows), MCDBA, MCSE both Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone "Jurij" <jurijvi-nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:#6QSOeMiCHA.1952@tkmsftngp09... > Is it true that by deleting the SAM files anyone can gain access to a XP > computer? > Read the below: > > > Recovering from a lost or changed admin password > > Did someone change your admin password and now you can't do anything and the > perpetrator won't tell you what the new password is? (This is from personal > experience.) Well, there are two ways to fix the situation. First, though, > make sure you make backups of everything before you try this, just in case. > These are radical solutions for a tough situation. > > 1) Did you keep your root partition/drive as a FAT32/16 area? If you did the > solution is easy. Get any Windows9x boot disk and boot up to it, then CD to > X:\WINNT\system32\config and delete SAM (no extension), SAM.SAV, and > SAM.LOG. The SAM without an extension is actually an exe file. Those three > files control the usernames and passwords. Delete them, reboot, and there > will be NO admin password to worry about. Recreate users as before and this > time keep the admin password to yourself. > > 2) What if your root drive is NTFS? A Win9x boot disk won't work. Well, > hopefully you have a spare partition to reinstall a copy of Win2K into. Then > just CD to the directory listed above on the old copy of Windows 2000, > remove those files, edit boot.ini, and reboot--you get the same result. > > > Hope someone can clarify. By reading this, I don't see any great secutity > feature in XP. > > Jurij > >
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