It’s worthless if you can’t get past this, so just be aware in case you encounter it.īurn a copy of this to CD (actually, make a couple) or put it on a USB stick. Once the program boots, most of the defaults are adequate to get to the User/password function, but I encountered a problem with this recently when it needed to be pointed to the Registry – turned out that it was trying to access the Restore Partition to locate it and not the C-drive (still not sure why!). See the link that Bryce provided above if it’s the BIOS that’s password-protected. If you must use this program, remember that the system needs to have the “Boot from CD” or “Boot from USB Device” (if that’s what you’re using) enabled in the BIOS. From there you can change any user’s password and/or account type simply by accessing User Accounts in the Control Panel takes less than 5 minutes. On most Windows systems you can boot into Safe Mode and logon as Administrator, since 99% of the time it’s not password-protected. This is an extremely powerful utility and can be used for much more than password recovery, which is how I discovered it last Aug., so you should try using a simpler method for this purpose before employing it. You should also read our “ How to spot stolen hardware and why you should refuse to work on it” article before you place this application into your toolkit. This is a serious technician tool and shouldn’t be used by people who don’t know what they are doing. Warning: If used on user accounts that make use of EFS encrypted files, all encrypted files will become unreadable unless you remember the old password again. Most questions can be answered just by pressing Enter since the best option is already chosen. The application is Linux based and it asks you questions about which drive and Windows install you would like to work with. This tool comes in the form as a bootable CD ISO or Floppy disk ISO but can also be made to boot from a USB drive. Unlocking locked or disabled accounts is also supported. You do not need to know the old password to set a new one which makes this ideal for use with clients who have forgotten their password or were locked out by someone else. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor is a freeware utility that allows you to change or blank the password of any user that has a valid account on a local NT/2000/XP/2003/Server 2008/Vista 32 & 64bit system.
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