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Old 30-07-2005, 19:48   #31
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Question Re: XP professional password

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Originally Posted by Gareth
You wouldn't be able to delete the SAM file while you're still using that installation. The normal procedure is to use either a Linux bootable CD, another application such as Winternals ERD Commander, or to use a bootdisk as outlined at http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Sorry, but I've never done anything like this before, but for the bootdisk, can this this be used?
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Originally Posted by Gareth
In all these cases, however, you're not actually accessing the Windows installation that you're trying to hack ...er, fix.
Sorry, it's not dodgy. It's for my sister actually, her ex left, but left her computer with just his admin account and one limited family account. We don't know the passwords.
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