If it can wait a day, I just use one of the many rainbow table services (loginrecovery free edition, etc) and get the original pass.
Or I boot the NTHack floppy/cd and do some registry manipulation! :D Walt On May 11, 2012 9:31 AM, "Benz Hogs" <benz-n-h...@gulseth.net> wrote: > It's rather easy to blank a Windoze password. I have a bootable USB thumb > drive that I use for that.... > > Luther KB5QHU Forest Park, IL > '87 300SDL (325,xxx mi) > > On 4/23/2012 9:45 PM, Dieselhead wrote: > >> Thanks Ed, and all. >> >> The consensus is to install the winders server or install it as a VM on >> a lightweight host. Now all I need is time to git'er done. >> >> The company closed, building was sold. New owner will be making similar >> product so some info on the existing computers might be useful, so it is >> good to keep that info available. Plan is to use Acronis product to make >> an image of each existing desktop, Save to dvd and server. Wipe drives, >> and do clean installs of XP and software. On hearty enough machines, >> install VM with the old machine restored with its image. >> >> So far all I have managed to do is crack passwords and look at what is >> there. Today I did the accounting machine. Being a manufacturing >> business, this one computer was basically >> the heat of the companies info. I found the administrator was _______ >> Yep, blank password. Wow! I am guessing someone else already broke it. >> >> I have seen lots of things that make it little wonder the business went >> under. >> >> >> >> >>> >>> Plenty of people have pointed out SAMBA, and SAMBA makes a great drop in >>> replacement for a Windows SMB file server environment. However, I think >>> everyone has conveniently glossed over what you are actually asking for, >>> group policies. >>> >>> I work for a medium business with multiple locations with an eclectic mix >>> of operating systems. I'm here to tell you that our Windows desktops talk >>> to a Windows server specifically for group policy reasons. Our *NIX >>> servers, regardless of what flavor, don't talk to the desktops directly. >>> >>> GPO works via an implicit trust relationship between server and >>> workstation. *NIX has a lot of Windows networking replacement parts, but >>> there is no way to implement the implicit trust relationship that is >>> required to perform Active Directory group policy decisions. There *are* >>> ways to force them from *NIX, but they are all very cludgy. >>> >>> To sum up, if you are installing this for a client that wants and Active >>> Directory trusted domain, install Windows Server and save yourself the >>> headache. >>> >>> -- >>> "Das beste oder nichts." - *Gottlieb Daimler* >>> >> >> > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
