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WinXP Password changer
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:17 pm
by 117
A while ago I had a piece of software (a bootable cd) that allows you to see all users on a WinXP machine (including the administrator) and change the password for them - I thought I had posted details of it on here but can't seem to find the post, and not only have I lost the disc but I've lost the link to download it and can't remember what it was called ffs! Does anyone know of it or something similar?
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:33 pm
by fac51
Are you going to be an administrator when you logon or can you not even log on? Win XP's own Computer Mangement snap in can do a lot of this for you but you have to be able to log on with an admin account.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:41 pm
by 117
it's used for when you don't know the admin password - you boot from the cd and tell it where your windows install is and it finds all the user accounts including the admin and lets you change the password (but doesn't tell you the old password)
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:47 pm
by fac51
not sure then
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:47 am
by vinnieza
You didn't post it in the guru chat thread which has been archived have you? I can't search as i can't see them, but just a thought.
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:04 pm
by 117
nope, but i found it now anyway:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
is proper handy
