[GRLUG] Admin rights

[Nick Sinclair]

If I remember right, I was able to install chntpw on an ubuntu usb and use
that tool to reset a win7 admin password. I know it worked on XP, I'm having
a hard time remembering if I tested on 7 or not.



On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:11 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Michael Mol wrote:
> >
> >> The Ultimate Boot CD (http://ultimatebootcd.com/) contains a tool that
> >> can remove passwords from Windows user accounts. Remove the password
> >> from the Administrator account, log in as Administrator, and change
> >> settings as needed.
> >>
> > If blowing it away and installing Linux is not possible, the next best
> > option is:
> >
> >        http://www.sysresccd.org
> >
> > A lot simpler than UBCD - you don't have to have an XP CD. It's also
> Linux
> > so you operate in your favorite enviornment.
>
> The CD linked to was Linux-based. There's another UBCD that's
> Windows-PE-based, but that's not the one I linked to. You're thinking
> of this one: http://www.ubcd4win.com/
>
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