hello all. i've started this thread & here i bring an up date of de reset Administrator(s) or users passwords
please note: dat following these steps will erase de initial password(s) u wish to change thus requiring u providing a password of yo own choice; i guess thats wat most of u want. (no covering u roots for hackers).

alright lets get started;
for bootdisk (booting frm floppy drive)

# download
Quote:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bd050303.zip


# Unzip the bd zip file to a folder of your choice.
# There should be 3 files: bdxxxxxx.bin (the floppy image) and rawrite2.exe (the image writing program), and install.bat which uses rawrite2 to write the .bin file to floppy.
# Insert a floppy in drive A: NOTE: It will lose all previous data!
# Run (doubleclick) install.bat and follow the on-screen instructions.

for CD (booting frm CD-ROM)
# download
Quote:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd070409.zip


# Unzipped, there should be an ISO image file (cd??????.iso). This can be burned to CD using whatever burner program you like, most support writing ISO-images. Often double-clikcing on it in explorer will pop up the program offering to write the image to CD. Once written the CD should only contain some files like "initrd.gz", "vmlinuz" and some others. If it contains the image file "cd??????.iso" you didn't burn the image but instead added the file to a CD. I cannot help with this, please consult you CD-software manual or friends.

# The CD will boot with most BIOSes, see your manual on how to set it to boot from CD. Some will auto-boot when a CD is in the drive, some others will show a boot-menu when you press ESC or F10/F12 when it probes the disks, some may need to have the boot order adjusted in setup

How to use?
now insert de bootdisk/cd in repective drives & boot yo pc frm say floppy drive-for bootdisks or cd-rom-for cd and a screen similar to de one below will appear.

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. Step ONE: Select disk where the Windows installation is
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Disks:
Disk /dev/sda: 2147 MB, 2147483648 bytes
NT partitions found:
1 : /dev/sda1 2043MB Boot

Please select partition by number or
a = show all partitions, d = automatically load new disk drivers
m = manually load new disk drivers
l = relist NTFS/FAT partitions, q = quit
Select: [1]

Selected 1
Mounting on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
NTFS volume version 3.1.
Filesystem is: NTFS

================================================== =======
. Step TWO: Select PATH and registry files
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What is the path to the registry directory? (relative to windows disk)
[windows/system32/config] :
-r-------- 1 0 0 262144 Jan 12 18:01 SAM
-r-------- 1 0 0 262144 Jan 12 18:01 SECURITY
-r-------- 1 0 0 262144 Jan 12 18:01 default
-r-------- 1 0 0 8912896 Jan 12 18:01 software
-r-------- 1 0 0 2359296 Jan 12 18:01 system
dr-x------ 1 0 0 4096 Sep 8 11:37 systemprofile
-r-------- 1 0 0 262144 Sep 8 11:53 userdiff

Select which part of registry to load, use predefined choices
or list the files with space as delimiter
1 - Password reset [sam system security]
2 - RecoveryConsole parameters [software]
q - quit - return to previous
[1] :

We select 1 to edit passwords..


================================================== =======
. Step THREE: Password or registry edit
================================================== =======
chntpw version 0.99.2 040105, (c) Petter N Hagen

[.. some file info here ..]

* SAM policy limits:
Failed logins before lockout is: 0
Minimum password length : 0
Password history count : 0

<>========<> chntpw Main Interactive Menu <>========<>

Loaded hives:

1 - Edit user data and passwords
2 - Syskey status & change
3 - RecoveryConsole settings
- - -
9 - Registry editor, now with full write support!
q - Quit (you will be asked if there is something to save)


What to do? [1] -> 1

===== chntpw Edit User Info & Passwords ====

RID: 01f4, Username:
RID: 01f5, Username: , *disabled or locked*
RID: 03e8, Username: , *disabled or locked*
RID: 03eb, Username: , *disabled or locked*
RID: 03ea, Username: , *disabled or locked*

Select: ! - quit, . - list users, 0x - User with RID (hex)
or simply enter the username to change: [Administrator]

We select the default, which is administrator.

RID : 0500 [01f4]
Username: Administrator
fullname:
comment : Built-in account for administering the computer/domain
homedir :

Account bits: 0x0210 =
[ ] Disabled | [ ] Homedir req. | [ ] Passwd not req. |
[ ] Temp. duplicate | [X] Normal account | [ ] NMS account |
[ ] Domain trust ac | [ ] Wks trust act. | [ ] Srv trust act |
[X] Pwd don't expir | [ ] Auto lockout | [ ] (unknown 0x08) |
[ ] (unknown 0x10) | [ ] (unknown 0x20) | [ ] (unknown 0x40) |

Failed login count: 0, while max tries is: 0
Total login count: 3

* = blank the password (This may work better than setting a new password!)
Enter nothing to leave it unchanged
Please enter new password: *


Please enter new password: *
Blanking password!

Do you really wish to change it? (y/n) [n] y
Changed!


Select: ! - quit, . - list users, 0x - User with RID (hex)
or simply enter the username to change: [Administrator] !

! brings us back to the main menu here.

<>========<> chntpw Main Interactive Menu <>========<>

Loaded hives:

1 - Edit user data and passwords
2 - Syskey status & change
3 - RecoveryConsole settings
- - -
9 - Registry editor, now with full write support!
q - Quit (you will be asked if there is something to save)


What to do? [1] -> q

Hives that have changed:
# Name
0 - OK

================================================== =======
. Step FOUR: Writing back changes
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About to write file(s) back! Do it? [n] : y

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! If you answer y here there will be a write to disk!

Writing sam

***** EDIT COMPLETE *****

You can try again if it somehow failed, or you selected wrong
New run? [n] : n


That was all.

Please answer n here and then reboot, CTRL-ALT-DEL. Remember to remove the floppy or CD.

if stack plz visit this site as they own this technique
Quote:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/




NOTE:
# at times it may fail on first attempt but don't give up. try de 2nd even de 3rd or 4th...... if u really know wat u r after.
# also kalanziut or de AUTHOR at de above site are not held RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE (MIS)USE OF THIS SOFTWARE!

wish u luck & endevour 2 visit de site in case de above steps r not clear.