Re: Logging in
From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 05/29/05
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Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:22:47 +0200
Silkish wrote:
> I was just thinking. If you have Windows XP Professional, and you created a
> new password, but, forgot to write it down, and you turned off your computer.
> Later, when you tried to login, you forgot your password, and didn't create a
> hint, and you don't have a floppy drive, and you still have critical
> information on your computer, what else could you do to get your computer
> back---without formatting the hard drive?
Hi,
Some options:
1)
You can reset the local Administrator password with one of the methods
mentioned here (creating the boot CD or floppy on another computer):
http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
2)
Boot on the Windows CD and create a parallel OS installation
3)
Move the hard drive over to another computer that runs Windows XP
(or Windows 2000/2003).
For 2) and 3) you might need to take ownership to be able to access
the files:
"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810881
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
-- 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/default.mspx
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