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RE: WinXP Admin login
From: Steven Vallarian <svallarian () csa1 com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:08:33 -0600
Yup. Use this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ to create a linux boot disk, boot off of the boot disk and change the admin password to blank (or whatever) Works fine with XP/2000, but it will botch up any EFS-encrypted files. Good Luck. Steven Vallarian MCSE, IBM CATE (AIX) Central Service Association -----Original Message----- From: Scanga, Gary [mailto:gary.scanga () attws com] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 1:07 PM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: WinXP Admin login Other than use the WinXP installation disc, is there another way to re-capture Admin privileges on a machine that was previously given a password for the Admin account? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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