From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:42:41 -0700 References: AAA/fYCAAAgDAaTsLseeeKUMOBBGyNdf Message-ID: <20050718T134241Z_FFB700000000@mail2.cu-portland.edu> From: Ben Huntsman Subject: Re: [9fans] First-timer help To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6a8c3212-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >this remind me that I forgot win2000 password. >I decided to reboot the computer and reinstalled the OS. >I didn't know how to rescue my data. I had a similar situation once... I found this great "Windows NT Offline = password recovery tool" or something like that. It was a Linux boot CD = that could read NTFS and modify registry hives. It deletes the Administrat= or password, and sets it to null. Reboot under Windows, log in, and = you're good to go. First time up, it'll complain about inconsistencies, = but will correct them itself, after which all's good. I didn't lose any = data at all... not even configurations... But the fact that it works so well gives testament to why controlling = physical access to a machine is of paramount importance. -Ben