RE: Windows XP Pro cracker?

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

> ....  I have an Admin control level account on the machine so 
> authority to run a app is no issue.

  Can't you use that to change the Admin account password?

David Gillett


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Logan Rogers-Follis [mailto:logan () tntnetworx net]
> Sent: September 2, 2003 18:03
> To: Secuirty Basics with SecuirtyFocus.com
> Subject: Windows XP Pro cracker?
>
>
> I need to run fixmbr from the Recovery Console on my Windows 
> XP Pro w/ 
> SP1 install and was looking for suggestions of a program to 
> crack/retrieve my Admin password for the computer.  Of 
> course, I forgot 
> to use a basic password I know and I didn't write it down so 
> now I am in 
> trouble.  I have an Admin control level account on the machine so 
> authority to run a app is no issue.
> Thanks for the help, otherwise I'll just have to keep 
> guessing, change 
> the password (don't really want to loose the settings) or 
> reload if the 
> password change doesn't take (only seen happen once).
>
> Logan
>
>
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