[OT]: Win XP Recovery Tools

[William O'Higgins Witteman]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:06:20AM -0400, Scott Elcomb wrote:

>A few weeks ago a family member passed away.  I've been asked to
>recover the machine (determine the user id's password, create a new
>account, or as a last result re-install if necessary).  I've heard of
>backdoors and tools that exploit them to regain control of the
>machine.  If anyone can provide pointers, please email me off-list.
>TIA.
>
>PS - I'll be providing a live Linux DVD when I head over to fix the
>machine but it's unlikely to see much use.

There are a number of offline password recovery tools - most of which
are Linux live CDs.  I recently did this, so I have an answer at my
fingertips.  Start here:

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Burn a bootable CD and unlock the password.
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yours,

William

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