[dba-Tech] Accessing a pc

http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#
look for I forgot my Windows logon password and can't log in. How do I 
reset it? <http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password>

Manually renaming the SAM files at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SAM and 
C:\WINDOWS\REPAIR\SAM should also reset the local Administrator password 
to blank and would also probably delete all other local accounts which 
you had created on your computer
Problamatic to change on NFTS files without the proper boot CD


However I would create a copy of BARTPE  from Bart Lagerweij.
You need to create boot disk with a  legitimate OS.

In fact I would give a copy to your network guys to use as a  Data 
Recovery Tool/
BartPE lets you set or reset the Admin password anyway.

Article and screenshots

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=167100904

Download Site
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/


 It's a self-contained, CD-based "live" copy of Windows XP.
Like the popular "live CD" versions of Linux (like Knoppix), it runs
entirely from a CD-ROM without installing anything on or making any
changes to a system's hard drive. That's right: "BartPE" lets you create
a version of XP that you can boot and run on just about any PC without
altering or installing anything on the system itself. The CD-based
version is completely self-contained--- you can think of it as a zero-
footprint installation of XP--- and yet, as Bart says, it's "...a
complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user
interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS file system support. Very handy for
burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share,
virus scan and so on. 




Jon Tydda wrote:

>Hi all
> 
>Got a slight problem with a pc here... it came from another company which we
>acquired, and everyone has been made redundant. Trouble is, it still thinks
>it's attached to their old network. Their old network has been assimilated
>into ours, and I need to get at some data on this pc, remove it, and prep it
>for a user. Except I don't know the administrator password, so I can't log
>in to get it onto our network...
> 
>Does anyone know how I can get into this pc? Reinstalling is not an option,
>as we need to take data off it first...
> 
>TIA
> 
> 
>Jon
>
>  
>

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Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada