Re: I lost my admin psswd and I am stuck as a user with limited pr



okay Gordon, when I go to your link it is all about NT! I do not have NT I
have Windows XP Just like Manny wrote...your advice would screw me it looks
like? you need to be more specific when responding to a question that we need
answers to if you want to help. It is appreciated but mis-guided.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Manny wrote:
Does anyone know how I can reset administrator access in this
situation. I use windows XP SP2.

jake wrote:
use bartpe
rename windows/system32/config/sam sam1
copy windows/repair/sam to windows/system32/config/sam
boot
make password reset disk
boot bartpe
replace sam file
use password disk to reset password

Gordon wrote:
Why bother? there are plenty of utilities that will do this from a
floppy/cd boot...
here's one:
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/editor.html

jake wrote:
Yes but what else does it do to your computer.Me personally like to
be in charge of changes made to my computer.

Actually - the one linked - it pretty much does one thing to one user (or
more if you wish to, buy running the commands over and over.)

From experience - I can have it booted and be back in the Windows XP loading
from the hard disk drive before BartPE has finished booting. ;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



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