rocketscientist 0 #1 August 10, 2009 i have an older home pc that has not been used in a few yrs and the wife and i have forgotten are loggins, we are running windows xp...plse helpMy inner child is a mean little fucker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #2 August 10, 2009 Open the back door to your residence... Locate your rubbish bin Open it Deposit old computerRetire to kitchen and get beer. Or you can go here .... Clicky (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rlucus 0 #3 August 10, 2009 On top of those methods you can also boot to a linux live cd and delete the SAM (password) file. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #4 August 10, 2009 If the machine is configured to boot from Floppy or CD, or if you can get into the BIOS to set these options use this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ I've used it a number of times and it works like a charm. The availability of programs like this are a good lesson for IT admin to password protect the BIOS of all their machines and limit the boot options. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rlucus 0 #5 August 10, 2009 Quote If the machine is configured to boot from Floppy or CD, or if you can get into the BIOS to set these options use this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ I've used it a number of times and it works like a charm. The availability of programs like this are a good lesson for IT admin to password protect the BIOS of all their machines and limit the boot options. shh... don't tell people to make their computers more secure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflydrew 0 #6 August 10, 2009 Boot into safe mode and log into the Administrator account that appears. Many users never actually password protect that account. From there you can change all of the account passwords you normally see at the login screen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rlucus 0 #7 August 10, 2009 Quote Boot into safe mode and log into the Administrator account that appears. Many users never actually password protect that account. From there you can change all of the account passwords you normally see at the login screen. Yet if they have thought to lock down the bios, I'm sure they will have added an administrator password... my favorite is still people using WEP on their networks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #8 August 10, 2009 This http://www.fullandfree.info/software/erd-commander-2005/ is all you need.... Burn the CD Boot said computer from it Delete / change the passwords. Restart the PC without the CD DONE.“The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
