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    My brother is babysitting a friends computer for a year while he is in Thailand. My brother was stoked because he would finally be able to play HL2. He turns on the computer and Windows boots up. Damn! a username/password prompt.

    Searching on the web comes up wtih a gazillion methods. I'm wondering is someone has a quick, handy method of cracking the password? I recall one time that there is a bootable linux CD software that lets you change, add, replace user/pass on any Windows system. Anybody know where to get it? Does it still exist? Will Knoppix do it?

    Thanks!
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    I think this is it, still reading...

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    • #3
      OK, the cd contains a program called Offline NT password & registry editor, ehich I think will do it. Anybody have any experience with it? It says it has been tested with Winxp (and SP2).
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      • #4
        yup it works with XP
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        • #5
          Drat, coulda used that a while back. Changed IDE drivers and the system wouldn't boot back up. Tried to repair from the CD but it asked for the user name and password, which of course I could no longer remember.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by DentyCracker
            yup it works with XP
            cool thanks!
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            • #7
              Just found out about that software today as well. Could've used it a couple hours earlier though
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              • #8
                I use UltimateBootCD for quite a while now, but never tried that password thingy ...

                another option could be this distro http://www.sysresccd.org, which I personally use for making backups of my Windows partitions (using partimage)

                from the change log: "Added bootdisk "Offline NT Password and registry editor""
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                • #9
                  You could also try to login as administrator. lotsa chance there's no password there. just CTRL-AL-DEL and type "Administrator". see where it goes... (if there's no password, you can even remove the other ones)

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                  • #10
                    on XP's "welcome screen" you'd have to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL twice to get the old fashioned login prompt !
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                    • #11


                      Make the disc, boot it up, follow prompts, set Administrator password to blank, save changes, reboot. Works every time.
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