Help!! Forgot my password...
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Hi CP, This one's a little embarassing :rolleyes: I enabled the "Auto-logon" feature on my Win2k box about 4 months ago (after re-installing the OS). I thought it'd be a great idea to do this 'cuz it'll be ready to go after I boot. Now I would like to use PSTools to do some remote administration from work, BUT I forgot the password. Does anyone know of any password recovery tools that I can use. TIA Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire
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Hi CP, This one's a little embarassing :rolleyes: I enabled the "Auto-logon" feature on my Win2k box about 4 months ago (after re-installing the OS). I thought it'd be a great idea to do this 'cuz it'll be ready to go after I boot. Now I would like to use PSTools to do some remote administration from work, BUT I forgot the password. Does anyone know of any password recovery tools that I can use. TIA Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire
Hi, As far as I know, password is stored in clear text on registry. Have you tried using TweakUI utility ? Can't remember the exact location of the key that holds password. It is something along HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Logon Regards, Venet. -------- Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)
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Hi, As far as I know, password is stored in clear text on registry. Have you tried using TweakUI utility ? Can't remember the exact location of the key that holds password. It is something along HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Logon Regards, Venet. -------- Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)
Thanks Venet. TweakUI does show the asterisks and lets me know how many characters it is. I downloaded a utilty that will reveal what the asterisks are in a text box, but not the TweakUI one. The Copy right-click is disabled as well, so i can't do a cut and paste. Grrrrrrrrr... :mad: Any other ideas??? Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire
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Thanks Venet. TweakUI does show the asterisks and lets me know how many characters it is. I downloaded a utilty that will reveal what the asterisks are in a text box, but not the TweakUI one. The Copy right-click is disabled as well, so i can't do a cut and paste. Grrrrrrrrr... :mad: Any other ideas??? Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire
Hi Mark, Well try another thing. I just looked at my computer and found this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon There should be some values there like DefaultUserName and DefaultPassword See if you can get those and let me know :) Regards, Venet. -------- Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)
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Hi Mark, Well try another thing. I just looked at my computer and found this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon There should be some values there like DefaultUserName and DefaultPassword See if you can get those and let me know :) Regards, Venet. -------- Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)
Thanks again. Unfortunately, it's still a "no-go". I found the DefaultUserName key, but no DefaultPassword. Any more ideas :) In the mean time, I'll try and find some more utilities. Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire
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Thanks again. Unfortunately, it's still a "no-go". I found the DefaultUserName key, but no DefaultPassword. Any more ideas :) In the mean time, I'll try and find some more utilities. Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire
Well if registry fails then you can try creating another username and add it to Administrator group. Then delete the old Administrator. I'm runing of ideas now. :~ [edit] Try this utility. I just tested and worked fine: http://www.codeproject.com/dll/pwdspy.asp [/edit] Regards, Venet. -------- Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)
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Hi CP, This one's a little embarassing :rolleyes: I enabled the "Auto-logon" feature on my Win2k box about 4 months ago (after re-installing the OS). I thought it'd be a great idea to do this 'cuz it'll be ready to go after I boot. Now I would like to use PSTools to do some remote administration from work, BUT I forgot the password. Does anyone know of any password recovery tools that I can use. TIA Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire
Hi there, You still have access to your computer (when you're sitting) at it, don't you? Then why don't you just reset the password (Control Panel | Users and Password) and use the new one for remote control. BTW, it's probably wise to disable autologon especially because since you do remote admin, you'll probably have your computer always connected. gr, Gertjan
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Well if registry fails then you can try creating another username and add it to Administrator group. Then delete the old Administrator. I'm runing of ideas now. :~ [edit] Try this utility. I just tested and worked fine: http://www.codeproject.com/dll/pwdspy.asp [/edit] Regards, Venet. -------- Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)
Thanks. Sorry this is such a delayed response. I created a new user with Admin priviledges. I can do everything from that account now, but I can't delete the old one. Oh well, c'est la vie. Thanks again for all the suggestions. Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire
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Hi there, You still have access to your computer (when you're sitting) at it, don't you? Then why don't you just reset the password (Control Panel | Users and Password) and use the new one for remote control. BTW, it's probably wise to disable autologon especially because since you do remote admin, you'll probably have your computer always connected. gr, Gertjan
Hey Gertjan, Yeah. What I did was create another user with Admin privies. I tried to delete the old one, but wouldn't let me. I've disabled Auto-logon so this wouldn't happen again. Anyways, thanks... Mark Donkers A witty saying proves nothing. -- Voltaire