Re: Lost of the Window XP password

From: Guy Fauteux (guy.dgf_at_videotron.ca)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:35:38 -0800

Sorry, it finally works. I think that it could take up to
20 minutes to unlock the file and cummulative for every
attempt. Yesterday morning, I did what they suggest about
a bootdiskette ands reset all my passwords and I try after
20 minutes and no success. At 6.00 PM, I tried and the
Administrator was reset and after that, I did whenever I
need to do to remove all my passwords.

Thank very much

>-----Original Message-----
>Guy Fauteux wrote:
>
>> Sorry, but it still did not reset my password. I tried
>> both example, following each step and nothing is
>> happening. It look like that every password are either
>> locked or expired. Also, from another PC, I attempt to
>> rename the SAm file to something else, and a shared
>> violation message appear. I tried to open the SAM file,
>> using an editor and it respond as the file is used by
>> another application. I am loosing confident of avoiding
re-
>> installing window.
>>
>> What can I do????
>
>Hi
>
>Did you create a bootable NTPASSWD floppy from
>http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd (or boot CD from
>http://www.dmzs.com/tools/files/)?
>
>You need to boot on of those and not into your Windows
installation (you might
>need to go into your BIOS setup to change the boot device
sequence)
>
>With this utility, you should set the Administrator
password to blank.
>
>
>--
>torgeir
>Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
>Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version
of the 1328 page
>Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter
>
>
>.
>

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