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Author Topic: Reset Windows Password Using Linux LiveCD  (Read 3400 times)

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jominj

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Reset Windows Password Using Linux LiveCD
« on: February 20, 2014, 03:02:34 pm »
If we have forget the windows password we can reset it using a Linux live cd. Ubuntu is the better option for doing this. We need to have a Ubuntu Live CD
1. Boot from the Linux live cd

2. open the terminal and install the command chntpw
#sudo apt-get install chntpw

3. Then move to the windows configuration directory
# cd /media/YourWindowsVolumeName/Windows/System32/config/

4. Execute the command
# sudo chntpw SAM 
you will get some thing like this:

To proceed with clearing the Administrator password  account type “1” and hit Enter

5. Now your windows password will be reset and you can login to the windows without password.