[GeoStL] Re: NGR - passwords on Windows7
- From: Laurie Elfrank <mogamoga2010@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Geocaching Newsgroup <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 22:53:44 -0500
There is no data that needs to be saved, but we were wanting to keep the system
software and drivers if possible.
John
> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 22:44:35 -0500
> From: lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR - passwords on Windows7
>
> -
> I am familiar with what Jon described here, but as he says, I don't know
> if they have a version for Win 7.
>
> If you are don't care about the data, you can usually rebuild the
> machine to original factory configuration.
>
> There was also a utility that allowed you to build a CD to boot in the
> PE (Pre-Install Environment) and from there if you wanted to just take
> the data off the hard drive before rebuilding, you can do that. Usually
> to a USB drive. I don't think it will recognize a Win 7 formatted disk,
> but they may have updated that feature to support Win 7 at some point as
> well.
>
> Sometimes the PE will not allow that because you don't have the right
> drivers on the CD. In that case you can get an external USB case that
> you can put a 2.5 inch laptop hard drive in and connect it to another
> computer and access the drive as long as it is not encrypted. Win 7 has
> something that will allow you to do that. I think it is called BitLocker
> if I remember correctly. If that is the case, you are not going to be
> able to get at the data no matter what you do.... unless you work for
> some government agency.
>
>
> On 5/9/2012 10:06 PM, Jonathan Mertz wrote:
> > I know there are Linux utilities that let you boot into them from CD,
> > load the Windows XP registry on the hard drive, and change an account
> > password. (You can't retrieve it as it's encrypted, but you can change
> > it.) I don't know if there is a version that works with 7, but it's
> > certainly worth a look.
> >
> > -Jon
> >
> > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Mr. EX-President
> > <mogamoga2010@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:mogamoga2010@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > Laurie's brother passed away over a month ago and we have his Acer
> > laptop. The problem is, he has his login password protected. I
> > checked the BIOS and the password option is turned off. If we
> > cannot reset or figure out his password, we cannot get into system
> > admin. Anyone out there have any ideas?
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
>
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