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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 4:37 AM, aashish kumar <ashishkum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > alexfido@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > i might be wrong here but if you remove the cmos battery for 1minute > > > then replace it,i think it goes back to default setting and gets rid of > > > passwords,but like i said i could be wrong. > > > > Motherboards usually have a BIOS password reset strategy of some sort - > > but it isn't always advertised widely for obvious reasons. > > > > the thing is its not the BIOS password!!! The xp password is diffrent from > the BIOS password and resetting the BIOS password won't help. There is a SAM > file in windows which holds the encrypted password. and using John the > ripper you can easily crack it..use live CD to copy the SAM file to some USB > drive and decrypt it!!!!! ;) > Trinity rescue is a small linux distro with the ability to directly edit/reset the SAM database on NT systems. I have used it to reset administrator passwords on XP laptops in the past. I did find changing the password was not successful but a reset to blank always seemed to work. May be worth a look. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html