[24hoursupport] Re: Accessing Windows XP Without Password
- From: "Douglas S. Oliver" <dsoliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: 24hoursupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 04 Aug 2003 12:58:06 -0700
I've been reading the replies to this post and have some thoughts. I'm
not a winXP or 2000 user, so this may be way off base. Is the system
using NTFS or fat32? With fat32 you can access the filesystem from DOS,
right? I used to boot from a win9x rescue floppy and look at win2x
systems formatted in fat32.
What would happen if you trashed the password file from DOS or a Linux
boot floppy disk like TomsRTBT? Would the system want you to set up a
new password?
You could use DOS utilities to move data to a disk on a parallel zip
drive.
Like I said I might be way off base here not being a regular user of
these systems.
-- d
On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 08:52, Ron Allen wrote:
> Hello Group,
>
> I have a friend who is working in a small office with no
> IT support that needs help. Apparently a co-worker got
> upset and left abruptly, and now refuses to give anyone
> the password to her Windows XP machine. There is no admin
> account showing on the welcome screen, and nobody there
> knows the admin password anyway. I'm away from all of my
> usual resources except this list and need a clue myself.
> Is there a way for them to access the files on that
> machine at this point?
>
> They are obviously going to make some changes with regards
> to their computer policies <g> but in the meantime they
> are pretty anxious to get to the data on this machine as
> it is affecting their day-to-day work. Any hints would be
> welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
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