- Insert Ubuntu Live CD and boot from it.
- Open terminal and install chntpw in Ubuntu. To do so use the following commands.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chntpw - Now mount your Windows volume. In my case it was dev/sda1. Replace it with yours.
sudo mkdir /media/WINDOWS
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/WINDOWS - Now navigate to the Windows configuration folder.
cd /media/WINDOWS/WINDOWS/system32/config/ - To reset the administrator password enter
sudo chntpw SAM - After completing this command you will see 5 different choices. Select the 1st one and press Enter and done.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
How to reset Windows admin password without knowing the old password
Here is a simple tutorial on resetting the admin account password of any Windows Operating System. All you will require for this is one Ubuntu live CD.
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