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Forgot Admin Password in NT?

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by siddh_patel

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I had faced problem in NT4.0 with NTFS partition. Changed the administrator password but forgot. I do not had any paralell user with admin right. Next day I could not login to server. I know one solution to format the server. Pls. advise me if there is any tool remove the password.

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Siddhpal

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by ctpalmer

There is a real simple solution if your winnt directory is formatted FAT. Using a system disk get to the dos prompt and change directory to winnt\system32. Find the file LOGON.SCR and change it to LOGON.BAK, next copy USRMGR.EXE to LOGON.SCR and reboot. When it boots up, don't touch anything - when the screen saver comes on the User Manager for Domains with execute and you should be able to change the Administrator password to what you want. Once changed, copy LOGON.BAK over LOGON.SCR. I know this sounds crazy but I have tried it and it works. If you don't have a FAT partition you can install NT on a different partition that the original. After the installation, boot into the NEW NT install and do the same thing as directed above tothe Original NT. The new install just allows you access to the drive. Good Luck.

by brian

There are 2 options with NTFS.

1. is to use this free utility called the NT Admin Boot Disk available from The NT Toolbox.
http://www.nttoolbox.com/

Click the Downloads link on the site's home page to find it and make sure you download boththe updated BIN file and the original NT Admin Boot Disk. The latter contains an outdated BIN file (that's why you want the updated version as well) plus the rawrite.exe utility, which lets you create a boot floppy from the BIN file.

This boots into Linux with NTFS file support and resets the administrator's password.

2. Is to buy a program that cracks passwords but they are expensive. I am sure someone will suggest one, they are fairly easy to find.

by avi_mohod

Hi,
Try Last Known Good Record option durimng startup.Or Try if u have created rescue disk then boot through nt boot disk and when rescue disk option comes insert rescue disk.
If this does not work plz try third party registry editor to do changes.
avi.

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