Re: login

From: null (null_at_planetzero.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:48:51 -0500

hardshape wrote:

> i had an employee with a laptop that she used for home use. She is no longer
> with my company. I tried to log on with the old administrator password but it
> does not work anymore. I need to get access to the material on the harddrive.
> Unfortunately i cannot ask her if she changed it. Is there anyway to bypass
> this or can i create a new password or is there a program i can use to do
> this. I cannot format the drive this is not an option. What can i do???

Do a search on google for John the Ripper - download it to a CD, boot
from the CD, and being careful not to screw things up, you can change
the Administrator password with that. 

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The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the Registry and 
data files regularly, and especially before making any changes to their 
PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware scans. I am not 
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