Re: Windows XP Pro cracker?

[Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2003-09-04 Halverson, Chris wrote:
> On 2003-09-03, 11:08 AM, George Peek wrote:
> > Btw, if you have another account with admin prv you can log into, you
> > can reset any other local account's password.
>
> That doesn't work it has to be the original password from the
> installation.

Wrong. It's the current password. Maybe you are confusing this with the
password required for rebuilding AD on domain controllers?

To address the original topic: I heard that booting into the recovery
console from a Windows 2000 CD will log you in without password on
Windows XP systems. I'm not sure if this really works, since I haven't
checked it myself, but I would give it a shot.
I seem to recall that it was due to an incompatibility either in the SAM
or NTFS.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers

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