Hi,
In a previous thread I explained how I had stupidly taken my laptop
off the work domain, and joined the workgroup. Unfortunately nobody
(including myself) knows what the local administrator password is for
the laptop, and now I can't logon.

It was recommended that I use some software called ntpasswd to boot
from CD and reset the password. I have created a bootable CD from the
website, but my laptop won't boot from it. I know that it is reading
the CD, and it will boot from an XP disk if I put that in, but not the
bootable ntpasswd disk. Can anybody explain why this might be? Anybody
familiar with ntpasswd?

Thanks for any help

Colin

"Bobby" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:d7ca096c-5f06-4b0c-b212-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> In a previous thread I explained how I had stupidly taken my laptop
> off the work domain, and joined the workgroup. Unfortunately nobody
> (including myself) knows what the local administrator password is for
> the laptop, and now I can't logon.
>
> It was recommended that I use some software called ntpasswd to boot
> from CD and reset the password. I have created a bootable CD from the
> website, but my laptop won't boot from it. I know that it is reading
> the CD, and it will boot from an XP disk if I put that in, but not the
> bootable ntpasswd disk. Can anybody explain why this might be? Anybody
> familiar with ntpasswd?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Colin

Try this site - it's probably the one used most often in
such cases. When you're back in operation, remind your
new sysadmin that it's a good idea to create two local
admin accounts on each machine and to lock their
passwords away. It will save him a lot of trouble.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Bobby wrote:

> Hi,
> In a previous thread I explained how I had stupidly taken my laptop
> off the work domain, and joined the workgroup. Unfortunately nobody
> (including myself) knows what the local administrator password is for
> the laptop, and now I can't logon.
>
> It was recommended that I use some software called ntpasswd to boot
> from CD and reset the password. I have created a bootable CD from the
> website, but my laptop won't boot from it. I know that it is reading
> the CD, and it will boot from an XP disk if I put that in, but not the
> bootable ntpasswd disk. Can anybody explain why this might be? Anybody
> familiar with ntpasswd?

There are two reasons why your computer might not boot from the NTpasswd CD
you created:

1. You didn't burn the .iso properly. You need to burn the file you download
as an image, not as a data file.

2. You don't have the boot priority set to optical drive first, hard drive
second.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

On 17 Mar, 21:12, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:
> "Bobby" <bob...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:d7ca096c-5f06-4b0c-b212-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> > In a previous thread I explained how I had stupidly taken my laptop
> > off the work domain, and joined the workgroup. Unfortunately nobody
> > (including myself) knows what the local administrator password is for
> > the laptop, and now I can't logon.
>
> > It was recommended that I use some software called ntpasswd to boot
> > from CD and reset the password. I have created a bootable CD from the
> > website, but my laptop won't boot from it. I know that it is reading
> > the CD, and it will boot from an XP disk if I put that in, but not the
> > bootable ntpasswd disk. Can anybody explain why this might be? Anybody
> > familiar with ntpasswd?
>
> > Thanks for any help
>
> > Colin
>
> Try this site - it's probably the one used most often in
> such cases. When you're back in operation, remind your
> new sysadmin that it's a good idea to create two local
> admin accounts on each machine and to lock their
> passwords away. It will save him a lot of trouble.http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks, but that's the site I did use. I've created the bootable CD
from this site, but my laptop won't boot from it, even though it will
boot fron an XP CD.

Colin

On 17 Mar, 21:21, Malke <ma...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Bobby wrote:
> > Hi,
> > In a previous thread I explained how I had stupidly taken my laptop
> > off the work domain, and joined the workgroup. Unfortunately nobody
> > (including myself) knows what the local administrator password is for
> > the laptop, and now I can't logon.
>
> > It was recommended that I use some software called ntpasswd to boot
> > from CD and reset the password. I have created a bootable CD from the
> > website, but my laptop won't boot from it. I know that it is reading
> > the CD, and it will boot from an XP disk if I put that in, but not the
> > bootable ntpasswd disk. Can anybody explain why this might be? Anybody
> > familiar with ntpasswd?
>
> There are two reasons why your computer might not boot from the NTpasswd CD
> you created:
>
> 1. You didn't burn the .iso properly. You need to burn the file you download
> as an image, not as a data file.
>
> 2. You don't have the boot priority set to optical drive first, hard drive
> second.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!

Right. I guess it's reason 1. I'll try again tomorrow,

Thanks

Colin

Thanks guys. It worked. I had burnt the iso as a data file, not an
image. I'm back on line now.

Colin

Bobby wrote:

> Thanks guys. It worked. I had burnt the iso as a data file, not an
> image. I'm back on line now.
>
> Colin

Glad to hear it. Thanks for taking the time to let us know.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!