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using LOGON.SCR to change pw

Author
8 Feb 2006 12:39 PM
aa
Earlier I was asking about recovering lost admin pw and someone provided a
link which had a link to
www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password_alternate_logon_trick.htm

explaining how to replace the admin pw using another OS in another partition
on the same computer

If I got it correctly, the idea is based on  an assumption, that LOGON.SCR
is executed before w2k asks for a pw.
If so, renaming a copy of cmd.exe to  LOGON.SCR  from another OS and
re-booting into the priginal OS,  will provide access to cmd.exe  before
logging in and allow to change the admin pw using
net user administrator new_pw

I followed the instruction and yet, as before, I am asked for pw before I
can do anything else

Could someone comment on that please?

Author
8 Feb 2006 2:47 PM
Jerold Schulman
I have no idea???

Use tip1984 » Another Windows NT password hack.
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

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On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:39:56 -0000, "aa" <a@aa.com> wrote:

>Earlier I was asking about recovering lost admin pw and someone provided a
>link which had a link to
>www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password_alternate_logon_trick.htm
>
>explaining how to replace the admin pw using another OS in another partition
>on the same computer
>
>If I got it correctly, the idea is based on  an assumption, that LOGON.SCR
>is executed before w2k asks for a pw.
>If so, renaming a copy of cmd.exe to  LOGON.SCR  from another OS and
>re-booting into the priginal OS,  will provide access to cmd.exe  before
>logging in and allow to change the admin pw using
>net user administrator new_pw
>
>I followed the instruction and yet, as before, I am asked for pw before I
>can do anything else
>
>Could someone comment on that please?
>
>
>

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com
Author
8 Feb 2006 5:05 PM
aa
Thanks,
This means using some bootable CD, but I could not find how to make this CD
They sugest to download 3 files
a.. bd050303.zip (~1.1MB) - Bootdisk image, date 050303 (md5sum:
4c85bc15286e69f9fd347e07711636eb)
b.. sc050303.zip (~1.4MB) - SCSI-drivers (050303) (only use newest drivers
with newest bootdisk, this one works with bd050303) (md5sum:
745a1889b6580bc8f1bfb565e73666d3)
c.. cd050303.zip

What am I supposed to do next? Just unzip all the three and copy them onto
and ordinary blank  CD and then boot from it?



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"Jerold Schulman" <Je***@jsiinc.com> wrote in message
news:431ku19aq1rolbqpb8bvpksv366ren71ra@4ax.com...
> I have no idea???
>
> Use tip1984 » Another Windows NT password hack.
>  in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com
>
> On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:39:56 -0000, "aa" <a@aa.com> wrote:
>
> >Earlier I was asking about recovering lost admin pw and someone provided
a
> >link which had a link to
> >www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password_alternate_logon_trick.htm
> >
> >explaining how to replace the admin pw using another OS in another
partition
> >on the same computer
> >
> >If I got it correctly, the idea is based on  an assumption, that
LOGON.SCR
> >is executed before w2k asks for a pw.
> >If so, renaming a copy of cmd.exe to  LOGON.SCR  from another OS and
> >re-booting into the priginal OS,  will provide access to cmd.exe  before
> >logging in and allow to change the admin pw using
> >net user administrator new_pw
> >
> >I followed the instruction and yet, as before, I am asked for pw before I
> >can do anything else
> >
> >Could someone comment on that please?
> >
> >
> >
>
> Jerold Schulman
> Windows Server MVP
> JSI, Inc.
> http://www.jsiinc.com
> http://www.jsifaq.com
Author
9 Feb 2006 10:00 AM
Jerold Schulman
I just boot off a floppy.

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On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:05:44 -0000, "aa" <a@aa.com> wrote:

>Thanks,
>This means using some bootable CD, but I could not find how to make this CD
>They sugest to download 3 files
>a.. bd050303.zip (~1.1MB) - Bootdisk image, date 050303 (md5sum:
>4c85bc15286e69f9fd347e07711636eb)
>b.. sc050303.zip (~1.4MB) - SCSI-drivers (050303) (only use newest drivers
>with newest bootdisk, this one works with bd050303) (md5sum:
>745a1889b6580bc8f1bfb565e73666d3)
>c.. cd050303.zip
>
>What am I supposed to do next? Just unzip all the three and copy them onto
>and ordinary blank  CD and then boot from it?
>
>
>
>"Jerold Schulman" <Je***@jsiinc.com> wrote in message
>news:431ku19aq1rolbqpb8bvpksv366ren71ra@4ax.com...
>> I have no idea???
>>
>> Use tip1984 » Another Windows NT password hack.
>>  in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com
>>
>> On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:39:56 -0000, "aa" <a@aa.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Earlier I was asking about recovering lost admin pw and someone provided
>a
>> >link which had a link to
>> >www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password_alternate_logon_trick.htm
>> >
>> >explaining how to replace the admin pw using another OS in another
>partition
>> >on the same computer
>> >
>> >If I got it correctly, the idea is based on  an assumption, that
>LOGON.SCR
>> >is executed before w2k asks for a pw.
>> >If so, renaming a copy of cmd.exe to  LOGON.SCR  from another OS and
>> >re-booting into the priginal OS,  will provide access to cmd.exe  before
>> >logging in and allow to change the admin pw using
>> >net user administrator new_pw
>> >
>> >I followed the instruction and yet, as before, I am asked for pw before I
>> >can do anything else
>> >
>> >Could someone comment on that please?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Jerold Schulman
>> Windows Server MVP
>> JSI, Inc.
>> http://www.jsiinc.com
>> http://www.jsifaq.com
>

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com