Re: Unable to login to Win XP Pro Notebook

From: Dave (noone_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 04/23/05 

Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:02:16 -0000

search this group and probably the general microsoft.public.security group,
sometime within the last week someone would have undoubtedly posted the link
to several tools to reset administrator passwords on win2k or xp... search
for 'lost password' or 'administrator password'. google will also find them
if you search for something like 'lost administrator password reset disk
free download' i think this is the one i have in my office for emergency
use: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/. read the instructions and
follow exactly and it works just great. they are basically linux boot
images on a cd with a tool to edit the passwords on the hard drive. with
the one i got the hardest part was remembering how to burn an iso image onto
a cd.

"HT" <HT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:53474E84-873B-4249-B609-324736D66441@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the response - No password reset disk is available. So I guess
I
> need I need to reset the admin password. Any suggestions?
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> > i don't think you can get it back on the domain without having a dc
> > available to validate against. you may be able to use one of the
password
> > reset disks to change the administrator password so you can login with
that.
> > you could then create a local account to work out of and take ownership
of
> > the files you need to copy them to the new account.
> >
> > you should note for the future that it is not necessary to remove a
machine
> > from a domain to access a workgroup's resources. there is no
'membership'
> > in a workgroup or requirement to join it, it is just a convenient way to
> > organize machines in the explorer tree.
> >
> > "HT" <HT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:D27696DB-08C6-411C-84CE-6F0ED832DFCC@microsoft.com...
> > > I've been doing research while waiting for a response. Do any of you
MVPs
> > > know if the Winternals product could help in this situation? - HT
> > >
> > > "HT" wrote:
> > >
> > > > This is a major call for help. I have a client's notebook and I
wanted
> > to
> > > > attach it to my office peer-to-peer network so that I could move
some
> > files
> > > > to one of my local machines. (Prior to this I always used the
notebook
> > to log
> > > > into the client's Win2k3 network domain.) Here is what happended in
> > order:
> > > > 1. - I logged into the notebook with the client's domainname in the
> > login box.
> > > > 2. - I was prompted that the domain was not available to
authenticate
> > me,
> > > > but it let me into the local machine anyway.
> > > > 3. - I went into 'My Computer' properties and selected to change
from
> > the
> > > > domain to the workgroup name.
> > > > 4. - I was prompted to input the user and passwrd with permissions
to
> > remove
> > > > this computer from the domain. that went through o.k.
> > > > 5. - I rebooted.
> > > > 6. - I tried to login to the notebook using the same userid and
password
> > I
> > > > had been using. No go.
> > > > 7. I have tried what the client gave me for an administrator
password on
> > the
> > > > local machine. No go.
> > > > I have been using this machine for a development project and the
files I
> > > > need are on the "Desktop" folder under the user id I have been
using. I
> > have
> > > > no idea what, if any, users were setup on the local machine before I
got
> > it.
> > > > Is there a way that I can log onto the client's domain using the FDN
of
> > my
> > > > regular username and get into the machine and rejoin the domain? (I
> > think
> > > > the syntax would be \\servername.domainname\username)
> > > > Can I do a in-place reinstall of Windows XP Pro and as administrator
get
> > to
> > > > those files?
> > > > Thanks afor any and all help -- HT
> >
> >
> >

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