Can't logon - Help needed with ntpasswd

[Bobby]

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

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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

 

[Malke]

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

 

[Bobby]

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 -

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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

 

[Bobby]

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

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

Thanks

Colin

 

[Bobby]

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

Colin

 

[Malke]

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