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by ksvijayb

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Hi,
DELL LATITUDE NOTEBOOK with WIN NT 4.
The issue, is that one of my managers has lost the NT s/w cd and other related s/w belonging to this notebook and has since resigned.
I am able to boot and get the logon screen, but as I do not know the Login UserName/password/domain for this notebook, I am not able to reallocate this notebook. Is there any way where I can reset the password and get in to try and setup the notebook so that it can be utilised?
THANKS,
VIJAYABASKAR.K.S.

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by alpha-male

The domain isn't for the laptop...it's for the network it is joining. If you connect it to a Windows domain, you can log on as the domain admin and modify the system/users/passwords from there.

If you cannot use the domain solution, there are several possibilities:

Take a look at

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

This utility is free and works under the concept of booting to a Linux boot disk then allowing you to change the password. It is not flawless, but works in many circumstances. Make sure to read over the information carefully...

Commercial solutions:

Locksmith at www.winternals.com - very good software and comes packaged with several of their other excellent tools.

L0phtcrack you can get it from www.atstake.com and it is the best password cracker out there. I know the GUI version is commercial, but I believe there is a free command line version as well.

Hope this helps! Good luck...

by rokitrider

1. Connect the notebook to your network and try to login as your local domain administrator. If the notebook is setup to use dhcp you should be able to login.

2. There is a linux boot disk available that will allow you to change the administrator password for the local machine to anything you wish. Here is the link. http://www.securityhorizon.com/whitepapers/archives/ntdisk.html

3. Try to login as the local machine administrator without a password.

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