I am assuming your being sarcastic? There are many easy ways to get passwords from a machine. I may be wrong on this but you can get a NTFS boot disk grab the SAM put it on a floppy then load it to another machine and use many cracking tools that are available. I have done it a few times for clients when admins have quit and they have no record of passwords.
and I have never heard someone put 'amazing, secure, and NT or 2000' in the same sentence in my life. JM -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:19 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Off topic Win 2k issue. On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Ellery July wrote: > It is amazing how secure these NT,2000,XP machines are. That admin > password is very tough. If you lose it you might as well just toss the > machine in the river. The thing that annoys me is there is no Microsoft-provided way to reset the dang thing, even if you have physical access to the system. Let's face it, if you have physical access, your security is toast, regardless, so all this does is make our lives difficult. The ironic part is, one solution to this problem I frequently see posted is to boot Linux from floppy and use a special tool to edit the SAM. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm