Re: Locked out!
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:42:17 -0800
Ragnar Midtskogen wrote:
Hello,
Got a nasty surprise yesterday. I was given a laptop with some Alpha Five source files on it, along with userid and password,
No problem logging in, but I wanted to hook it up to my wireless network, so I tried running Network Indentification Wizard from My Computer/Properties. It ran OK, but the machine still was not connected to the network, so I manually changed the workgroup.
When it rebooted it rejected the password.
The machine is a Dell Latitude D600, running Windows XP Pro. It is apparently set to not boot from CD, I tried running Windows from a CD, no luck.
It was probably set up to be used on a corporate network, so it may be looking for a domain server to authenticate password.
The logon is a user account, don't know what the Administrator password is, will take several days to get in contact with the owner.
I tried to change the boot sequence, but was not able to get to the BIOS Setup. Maybe the machine does not have the usual BIOS setup, I know some newer machines use a different method.
What I really need is to get some Alpha Five source files off the machine, this is why I wanted to hook it up to my network in the first place.
You broke the domain membership. Unless you know the local Administrator password (which you don't), you can only get in by 1) using a password-changing utility such as NTPasswd to change the local Administrator password to a blank; or 2) connecting the laptop drive to a working install of XP by putting it in a USB drive enclosure or using a laptop-to-IDE adapter and copying the files off that way; or 3) boot the laptop with a rescue system such as Knoppix or a Bart's PE and copying the files that way.
I don't suggest changing the local Administrator password because the people who lent you the laptop are going to be irritated enough that you broke the domain membership, but here's the URL anyway:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Here is how to retrieve the data using Knoppix:
You will need a computer with two cd drives, one of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR a usb thumb drive with enough capacity to hold your data OR an external usb/firewire hard drive formatted FAT32 (not NTFS). To get Knoppix, you need a computer with a fast Internet connection and third-party burning software. Download the Knoppix .iso and create your bootable cd. Then boot with it and it will be able to see the Windows files. If you are using the usb thumb drive or the external hard drive, right-click on its icon (on the Desktop) to get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read Only". Then click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action in the window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open instead of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. If you want to burn CD/DVDs, use the K3b program.
http://www.knoppix.net
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ - Bart's PE Builder
Malke
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