Hi Ann,
Fortunately Ann you don't necessarily have to get "secret hacker stuff"
:-)
There are a couple of products by Winternals called that work great to
retrieve lost/forgotten passwords. They are either Remote Recover or
NTRecover and they work in conjunction with NTLocksmith to retrieve
passwords. It's relatively inexpensive and works great.
http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/
However, if you do need to go the other route. Then you will need to
get a linux boot disk that can access the ntfs partition. Retrieve the
SAM off of the box and then run Lophtcrack against the SAM to get the
password. (this could take a while if the password is very complex)
For Lophtcrack:
http://www.atstake.com/research/lc3/index.html
Hope this all helps.
Sean Waddell
ESP Group
"Barzda, A" wrote:
>
> Hi folks, hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction.
> The wife of one of my co-workers was given a laptop that used to belong
> to a fired employee of a now defunct company. Because the guy was
> fired, he refused to give them his password, so now no one can access
> the computer. (Probably why they gave it away.) My co-worker asked if
> I could help get into the computer so they can use it. It's running
> Windows 2000. Other than guessing at the administrator or guest account
> passwords, any other ideas for getting into the box so it can become a
> useful, productive member of society again? If I plug it into my Win2k
> network will that be safe to try? Otherwise, am I correct in assuming
> the next step is reinstalling the OS?
>
> I am not necessarily interested in getting any "secret hacker stuff"
> unless that is the best way to go. I assume my co-worker and his wife
> don't need any data or programs on the hard drive, so wiping the disk is
> an option.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ann Barzda
> Interior Environments, Inc.
> 444 North 2nd Street, C-2
> Philadelphia, PA 19123
>
> 215-545-0600 voice
> 215-545-6555 fax
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