NT Password Issue Pls Help

the Guru · 05-07-2003 04:16PM #1

My Bro got a 2nd hand PC last week and it has Windows NT on it and I am trying to upgrade his OS to XP

But the PC wont let me as I dont have the Admin password is there any way around this so that I can upgrade his OS.

Cheers Dec

Renton · 05-07-2003 04:23PM

You can use this tool (NT Password changer)

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

to change the administrator password.

Denis.

the Guru · 07-07-2003 06:07PM

Thanks Renton anyone know of anything easier as its proving to be a nightmare

sceptre · 07-07-2003 06:32PM

If he only has the machine for the last week would it not be easier to just format the drive?

Lionel Hutz · 07-07-2003 07:01PM

whats the nightmare? the program that renton told you about works in about 2 mins for people who have 'lost' their passwords for nt

the Guru · 07-07-2003 09:22PM

The machine has No Modem and he lives quite abit away from me and ther is not zip software on the machine and that prog wont fit onto a disk.

Lionel Hutz · 07-07-2003 11:30PM

its designed to fit on a disk, it creates a reset disk that you boot off

the Guru · 08-07-2003 09:23PM

1 it doesnt fit on a disk
2 His Floppy Drive is Broke
3 I think Im going to take a hammer to it.
4 anyone any other ways of doing it as im slowly going mad

Capt'n Midnight · 08-07-2003 10:09PM

At this stage you are looking at the screen saver hack... gives you command prompt access..

If you happened to have a copy of server on a laptop - you could try joining the domain - the domain admin would then have rights to change the local admin password...

Just as well you said up grade - 'cos you can't re-use OEM on another PC. You can use XP bootable CD to nuke the current partition - it will ask you for the original NT or appropiate upgrade CD though during the install.

Though NT should be in c:\winnt and XP should install in the C:\windows folder ...

Renton · 11-07-2003 11:53AM

Originally posted by the Guru
1 it doesnt fit on a disk
2 His Floppy Drive is Broke
3 I think Im going to take a hammer to it.
4 anyone any other ways of doing it as im slowly going mad

1. It does fit on a disk
2. either a) get a floppy drive for all of about €10 or b) take a floppy out of another computer, it only takes 2 seconds.
3. Now now, calm blue ocean's whooooooooooosssshhh
4. See above 1,2 and 3.

You could also download the 2mb version which is an ISO, which you can then burn as a bootable cd.

its really really not hard to use, just use all the defaults and read the last few questions carefully.

Denis.

Renton · 11-07-2003 12:06PM

Okay, im bored

so ive decided to do the decent thing

IN STEP FORM !!!

To make a boot floppy

1. Download this file called rawrite2.exe, put it in a nice folder like C:\NTPASSWD

2. Now download the 1.44 mb image from here and save that to the same folder, (C:\NTPASSWD)

3. Now put a floppy disk into the drive, and then click Start -> Run -> and type (without the inverted commas) "c:\ntpasswd\rawrite2.exe bd030426.bin -d a:"

It will now create the nt password changer disk.

4. Boot from that disk on said PC with password problem, follow instructions carefully.

To make a boot CD

1. Download the ISO image from here and save that to the some folder, i.e. (C:\NTPASSWD)

2. Now load up Nero, Click File -> Burn Image -> type in C:\NTPASSWD\cd030426.iso

Burn that, and you have a bootable CD.

now put the hammer down and tell me about your childhood....

Denis

Capt'n Midnight · 11-07-2003 12:23PM

Maybe it can take a USB floppy in Legacy mode ??
Or you might find a head cleaning floppy somewhere ??

(Hint: if the floppy light is on all the time someone has reversed the cable)

Capt'n Midnight · 11-07-2003 12:24PM

rename %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\LOGON.SCR *.rcs
copy %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32\LOGON.SCR
logoff - wait 15 minutes - type MUSRMGR

marrakesh · 11-07-2003 12:44PM

I suggest if it doesnt fit on a disk use a different disk as the disk is probably corrupt.. alternatively burn a cd for it.. works like a treat that program does..

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