Windows NT Workstation Admin Password

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 - a bit spendy, but very good software.

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...

I'm going to answer this question, with one caveat: don't use either of these techniques for illegal or unauthorized purposes.

I'm a little hesitant, because your posting gives me the impression you're not a "professional" (the word is "because"not "coz")---I expect points.

Technique #1

1. Create/obtain a Windows 98 boot floppy
2. Download the free version of NTFS DOS from www.sysinternals.com/win9x/98utilities.shtml and copy it to the floppy
3. Boot the NT server with the Win98 floppy. When you get the DOS prompt, load NTFSDOS to get access to the C: drive
4. Browse to \system32\config. Copy the ?sam? file to the floppy.
5. Open the file in L0pht Crack and crack the ?Administrator? password

Technique #3

Follow steps 1-3 above

4. Browse to \system32
5. Rename ?logon.scr? to ?logon.old?. Copy ?cmd.exe? and give it the name ?logon.scr?.
6. Remove the floppy, reboot the server, and wait 15 minutes. When the login screen saver kicks in, you?ll get a DOS prompt
7. Type ?net user Administrator ?

/s/
Stu