Re: Re: administrators' password

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:21:25 +0200, "ppoe" <hdprova@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Well, I've received a pc from a collegue that is gone away with win xp pro
>and with a user account. I've already tried to reset the administrator
>password with these tools, but it doesn't work, the pc is very well
>protected with some mmc tools.
>I wouldn't want to format the pc.
>What can I do?
>thank you very much
>Alessandro
>
>"Jerold Schulman" <Jerry@xxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto nel messaggio
>news:v5phe1te7g1ecapanu066h0677fkmglklm@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:29:50 +0200, "ppoe" <hdprova@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>I need to know where's stored the administrators' password in the
>>>registry,
>>>Could someone help me?
>>>Thank you
>>>Alessandro
>>>
>> It is encrypted in the SAM and is not accessible with registry tools.
>> What are you trying to do?
>> If you need to reset it, see tip 1984 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at
>> http://www.jsifaq.com
>>
>
What doesn't work? Tip 1984 links you to http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ which should work.

If not, try tip 1864 or 552 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

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