[Cialug] password reset

[Patrick L. McGillan]

Not sure when it happened, but trying to set the passwd hasn't worked in
quite a long time. So after multiple tries, I read what it said and set
the passwd to blank. Works everytime.

Patrick

On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 23:44 +0000, icepuck2k at mchsi.com wrote:
> blanking the pw was the only way i could it to work. but its alot better than having to reinstall
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Brandon Griffis" <brandongriffis at gmail.com>
> > The utility works great, but don't bother trying to change the password.
> > That only works about 50% of the time.  Instead just blank it and sign in to
> > change it.
> > 
> > -G
> > 
> > On 11/13/06, david l goodrich <dlg at dorkzilla.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 03:23:40AM +0000, icepuck2k at mchsi.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  Where can I find the linux boot disk that resets the windows password?
> > > the one disk I had went bad and doesn't work anymore.
> > > > -dh
> > >
> > > I use chntpw, myself.
> > > http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
> > >   --waldo
> 
> I couldn't remember what it was called
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> On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 23:44 +0000, icepuck2k at mchsi.com wrote:
> > The utility works great, but don't bother trying to change the
> > password.  That only works about 50% of the time.  Instead just
> > blank it and sign in to change it.
> > 
> > -G
> > 
> > On 11/13/06, david l goodrich <dlg at dorkzilla.org> wrote:
> >         On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 03:23:40AM +0000,
> >         icepuck2k at mchsi.com wrote:
> >         >
> >         >  Where can I find the linux boot disk that resets the
> >         windows password? the one disk I had went bad and doesn't
> >         work anymore. 
> >         > -dh
> >         
> >         I use chntpw, myself.
> >         http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
> >           --waldo
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