[UFO Chicago] unlocking a locked computer

[Jesse Becker]

Broadly speaking, this should work:

1) power off (cleanly if possible)
2) boot using KNOPPIX, or one of the dedicated linux rescue CDs
3) mount the c:\ partition
4) run some form of password reset program on the Windows files on that partition.

(can't be more specific since I've not had to do this in several years)

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Jesse Becker
GPG-fingerprint:  BD00 7AA4 4483 AFCC 82D0  2720 0083 0931 9A2B 06A2


--- On Thu, 12/3/09, John Bulger <johnbulger at uicalumni.org> wrote:

> From: John Bulger <johnbulger at uicalumni.org>
> Subject: [UFO Chicago] unlocking a locked computer
> To: ufo at ufo.chicago.il.us
> Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 2:16 PM
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> I realize that this sounds totally idiotic, but has anyone
> got an easy solution to getting back into a computer that
> has only one user, the administrator, and has been locked
> and the password lost or forgotten? This is for Windows XP
> Home Edition.
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> Thanks.
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