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Windows Problems
I have a problem with my Notebook that hopefully somebody here can help me fix. I cannot log onto Windows(2000) because I believe my password was changed on me. Not to mention I do not know/remember the passwords to my other Administrative accounts.
I called Technical service and support at Dell, and the only suggestions they gave me were to either reinstall windows, or to look into another way to access my computer. But since they couldnt tell me that i supposed they meant hacking into it, because they arent officially allowed to say how to do that.
Any help whatsoever on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Just to clarify it, I am the rightfull owner of this Notebook. And I will be happy to give any needed information about it in order to get into my harddrive.
Thank you for your time.
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Thanks buddy, youve been a great help
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Im using petter Nordahl-Hagen NT password utility to reset my administrative password.
I made boot CD - put it in drive - but Windows 2000 doesn't boot up with CD, it only boots up from hard drive. I did go into the BIOS and put the CD drive ahead of the hard drive in the boot order.
I used a utility program to extract files from the .iso file for making the boot CD. I just copied the extracted files to the CD - is there some special way to make a Windows 2000 boot CD?
Do you know what im doing wrong? Or why windows wont boot up from the CD?
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Hey buddy, how could you forget your password???... anyway, PM me and I'll hook you up with an application to change the password easily...
I don't know about the application you are using, but I would make sure it is a bootable CD by trying on a different machine. If you changed the BIOS, maybe the CD is not bootable.
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What burning software are you using. There is a special way to burn it and I believe you just burned it as data, so it will not boot. If you're using nero, just go to file>burn as image, then select the .iso file and it will burn a bootable cd. I'm not sure with other burning software but you can try looking it up on google. Peace.
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The Program I was using was WinImage
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Listen to h3r3tic. By extracting the files and burning them, this disc is not bootable. ISO files are exact images of CDs (including the boot information). If you want to make the disc bootable, learn how to burn the image to a CD.
Also, it may just be me, but this doesn't really sound too legit. It's one thing to forget one password. It's another to forget all of your passwords. Also, passwords don't just change. Someone has to change them. If it wasn't you (and the computer is, in fact, yours) then I'd reinstall the OS, only create the account(s) you specifically need and lock it down so no one else can access it (either locally or remotely). Still sounds fishy to me, though...
AJ
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holy **** aj posted
edit >> i guess you have been posting recently again, havent seen you in a while.. wassup, hows the life going, etc?
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Originally posted here by Oso
Hey buddy, how could you forget your password???... anyway, PM me and I'll hook you up with an application to change the password easily...
I don't know about the application you are using, but I would make sure it is a bootable CD by trying on a different machine. If you changed the BIOS, maybe the CD is not bootable.
Sorry for being the skeptic here... but since this is a forum, I would expect most advice to be given out on the forum. Including links to useful apps, if somebody has this same problem they might need a link or two [you might not be around for example]. And if you're going to hook up Timothy with an app to do it for him - as in, mail the app over - I strongly recommend to Timothy to scan the sh*t out of it before running it. Otherwise a forgotten password will be one of the last things on his mind.
Anyway I don't know of any password recovery tools, the only thing I would come up with is use a LiveCD like Knoppix-STD [in particular for this case] and boot off it, get the passwd file and crack the hell out of it. But you've already been pointed out to easier methods so no point in doing it the hard way.
And yes, each program has a specific method in which .iso files are meant to be burnt. In all probability you might've even forgotten some hidden files too, let alone boot information and all that. So give it another shot, I'm sure your program has a method of doing it too.
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It is my computer, and that was the only account I ever used. And the only other Administrative account I own, I havent used in over a year. So it is very likely that after not using it for so long you may forget the password. I do have two other accounts I can open though, but they arent administrative.
As for the Changing of the password, I know many people who have had this happen to them before, but their to lazy to do what im doing and they just reinstall. I on the other hand really need a certain file on that account, I cannot lose it therefore I must find a way to get into it.
You wanna know any more info on my computer to ensure its mine then PM me. Does this sound fishy to anyone else?
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There are some paranoid people here Timothy, don't let them get to you. ;) Given Timothy has physical access to the machine I don't think his question is out of order. You have been given a link to a program that will allow you to reset the password (read the instructions carefully). You seem to be having problems creating a bootable CD, as mentioned before check google for burning an ISO image. You might also want to try a bootable floppy. Check out Bootdisk.com
Good Luck.
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I would try A floppy because Id think it easier, but.... unfortunatly I do not have an A drive on my Notebook. Only a dvd/cd ROM drive.
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I think the concern is why is this guy providing the tool in a private message and not in the forum THAT is the fishy thing...
*ashamed* I've had laptops i've lossed access to in the past too
Tim, be really carefuly about running this 'tool'.
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Originally posted here by dynagnosis
I think the concern is why is this guy providing the tool in a private message and not in the forum THAT is the fishy thing...
Affirmative. At least from my p.o.v.
Timothy I suppose you don't have an FTP server running on the computer... I've noticed that even if a folder is hidden to all the other people on a computer [as far as I understand you've restricted access to the files for only the owner of the account] on an FTP connection you can access anything... saved my arse a couple of times when Windows got corrupted, accounts got locked and passwords didn't match anymore.
But I understand your need for the password, if you can recover from this problem without needing to reinstall everything it would be great... since you can keep all your settings, programs and whatnot. Good luck!
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The easiest (and free!) way to burn iso's is probably Iso Recorder. Takes a couple of seconds to install, is added to the right-click menu (you just right-click the .iso, and select "Burn image to CD"), and uses the built-in Windows-software to burn. Only works with Windows XP, though, and doesn't seem to work with SP2.
Download the .iso provided by h3r3tic, install Iso Recorder, burn it to a CD, boot from the CD, and in a matter of minutes you'll have your password(s) reset.
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The computer im downloading it on(the one im using now) is windows XP, my notebook is a Windows 2000. Will it still work?
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Yes it will. You download Iso Recorder on the XP machine, you download the NT Password software on the XP machine, you burn the NT Password software on the XP machine using Iso Recorder.
Then you boot the CD with the 2k machine and you're good to go.
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I did as you had suggested, and now I got another problem.
I right clicked the .iso file and hit "burn image to cd"
It begain to record and then said
Recording has failed. Error 80070057
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What does this mean? And how Am I supposed to burn it if I am doing it wrong?
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Timothy: the best option is to contact the author directly with your exact error message...maybe others have experienced the same issue; then try Goooogling for the error message....
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It's a runtime error. Is xp upto date with all patches installed? Try re-booting turn of any screen saver, make sure you are not running anything else at the same time you try to burn. Have another go when you have done te above.
