[Pc_Support] Windows 2k passwords -- Offline NT password and registry editor ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

George Laiacona wrote:
> I recall seeing something in the past about recovering Windows2000 passwords, i.e.,
> cracking in to your system after you have forgotten your password. Anyone recall what
> that procedure was? I thought it involved Knoppix, but don't recall exactly what.

_Any_ distro will let you do this.  One of the side-effects of some of
the user-space NTLM/NTFS support has been documentation of the
registry of NT4.x/5.x (NT4.0/200x/XP).

Here's the software home:
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

You're probably interested in the bootdisk version:
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

NOTE:  I've had some issues with NTFS-based C: drives on XP SP2.  Your
mileage may vary.