[TechAssist] Re: Windows XP password question
- From: "David Lessard" <mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:39:55 +0100
Bil,
I would like to know how to do this. My experience is that if the drive
has been formatted NTFS then you can't even access the NTFS drive from a
FAT32 boot. I suppose you could convert the system from NTFS to FAT32
using a DOS utility, change the password (as you describe below) and if
desired convert the FAT32 back to NTFS.
David Lessard
Alexandria Electronics
Alexandria, Ontario
Mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bil Green
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:27 PM
To: John @ Myers TV
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Windows XP password question
Hi John,
Don't format just to change the password. All you need to do is access
the C: drive from DOS and delete the SAM file. Here how:
Boot a Windows 98 boot floppy (or any DOS boot disk) and at the A:
prompt type: DELETE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SAM
This will remove all account information and allow total access.
If you can't access C: drive using a boot disk then the system is
NTFS. E-mail me privately for instructions on how to change it to
FAT32 (and then back again).
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Best regards,
Bil Green
PC 1000
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
760-924-1000 mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx
Wednesday, June 23, 2004, 10:14:45 AM, you wrote:
JMT> Hi,
JMT> I picked up a Gateway laptop at a garage sale a couple weeks ago.
JMT> The price? $3.00. I have no doubt that the seller was the original
user,
JMT> just in case anyone is wondering.
JMT> It was an easy repair, but now I am faced with forever logging in
as a
JMT> guest, unless I can reset the Windows XP Pro password.
JMT> Any ideas?
JMT> John Myers
JMT> Myers TV Service Since 1984
JMT> Alliance, OH
JMT> ph 330-821-6545
JMT>
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