Hello, and thanks for inviting me to the forums. 8) Ok, now for my first contribution, this is a tutorial to get some peace up, if you have lost ur windows password. The software is mentioned below boots from a cd, but for the curious get unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ that'll help you to install NTpasswd on to a USB stick.
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
1. Get the machine to boot from CD (or floppy)
2. Floppy version need to swap floppy to load drivers.
3. Load drivers (usually automatic, but possible to run manual select)
4. Disk select, tell which disk contains the Windows system. Optionally you will have to load drivers.
5. PATH select, where on the disk is the system?
6. File select, which parts of registry to load, based on what you want to do.
7. Password reset or other registry edit.
8. Write back to disk (you will be asked)
Get the iso as zip from their site http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ . And Oh, they have a walkthrough, I reccomend reading it before getting into trouble, experience speaks for my self :)
Post back for help or any sort...man i'm bad at this.
~tinman
Say hello to CHNTPW.
For those who dont know ubuntu is the best linux Operating system out there, so why not mention it here.
STEPS::::::::::::::::::::::
1.download ubuntu from http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
2.burn it to a cd
3.boot from it and from the live desktop install the application chntpw.
3.1 goto System>Administration>synaptic package manager.
3.2 click on update and in the search bar type in chntpw and install it.
4.Now go ahead and mount the partition containing ur windows installation.
Follow my lead (blind leading the deaf:))
goto Applications>Accessories>terminal. In the command line type in
Quotesudo su
you should see the end of the prompt changed from $ to #, this means you are now the root/main user. the next command you see should be performed from the same commandline.
Quotechntpw -l /media/Windows_drive/WINDOWS/system32/SAM
this will list your compueter users. pickone for my example tinman
Quotechntpw -l /media/Windows_drive/WINDOWS/system32/SAM -u tinman
you'll be given a lot of options press 1 and then press enter. and at the confirmation press y and thats it you have removed your windows password.
Any questions at all please post back.
~tinman ::)
Guys feel free to post about your methodologies to do when win password is lost. And yeah i googled and found a video this is much better. see this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1LnAQcKtbM
For this forget ubuntu download backtrack and write it to a disk or usb stick( I choose USB cuz its much faster.. i mean responsive when i'm in the live system.)
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/
peace,
~tinman
Quote from: tinman on April 24, 2011, 04:47 AM
Say hello to CHNTPW.
For those who dont know ubuntu is the best linux Operating system out there, so why not mention it here.
STEPS::::::::::::::::::::::
1.download ubuntu from http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
2.burn it to a cd
3.boot from it and from the live desktop install the application chntpw.
3.1 goto System>Administration>synaptic package manager.
3.2 click on update and in the search bar type in chntpw and install it.
4.Now go ahead and mount the partition containing ur windows installation.
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~tinman ::)
Let me ask you somethting. Are warez, games and cracks available for Ubuntu? I would imagine there would be, but not even close to the stuff available for Windoze. If not then why mount a Windoze partition at all? Also, is Ubuntu available in a 64 bit version that can see beyond 4 gigs of memory, or is it one of those OS' that will run great on a Pentium III?
Don't get me wrong -- I'm sure Ubuntu and all other flavors of Linux as well as the Mac OS are far better and more stable than Windoze. But if indeed there's so little support and programs for it in comparison to Windoze, then what have you accomplished?
I believe there's a Firefox version for Ubuntu and other flavors of Linux (correct me if I'm wrong). Assuming there is, do the same add-ons work for it too? I couldn't live without AdBlock Plus. For example, get on the Pirate Bay with IE (even with all those strange "filters" they put in IE9) and you have a hard time seeing what warez are available, just the nauseating ads that move up and down.
My good man I never mentioned it here saying anyone should remove their windows install for ubuntu or anything ... As my topic goes its just a way of saving our butts when we loose our passwords..
And yeah for windows software try googling wine and crossover. Dude firefox is a universal web browser. firefox comes as a binary package as well as for the stong ones interested in *nixes sourcecode, so what i'm saying is that there is no particular version of firefox for any type of Operating system. Its the same thing running in different OS's.
Thanks for the quick reply.
~tinman
Quote from: tinman on April 24, 2011, 05:42 AM
My good man I never mentioned it here saying anyone should remove their windows install for ubuntu or anything ... As my topic goes its just a way of saving our butts when we loose our passwords..
And yeah for windows software try googling wine and crossover. Dude firefox is a universal web browser. firefox comes as a binary package as well as for the stong ones interested in *nixes sourcecode, so what i'm saying is that there is no particular version of firefox for any type of Operating system. Its the same thing running in different OS's.
~tinman
I assume you mean Windoze OS passwords. If so, are you on a computer with other users where you must necessarily use password protection? Not my case, it's just me and my wife and there are no OS passwords. The ones for sites I keep with Roboform, which I back up with the rest of my system.
I opened another tab and took a look at Crossover and Wine. I didn't read very much into them but I get the general idea. Which do you use to mount your Windoze partition under Ubuntu?
Is Ubuntu available in 64 bit, or is it strictly 32? Can you mount Win 7 64 (or 32) or must you necessarily rely on XP SP3?
hello again... i am only relying on the live cd feature of ubuntu. I can't put in words you hve to see it for urself. A live cd helps u to run the OS from the cd without any harm to your harddrive.
let the partition be ntfs or fat , you can mount it under linux since linux helps you to make use of various filesystem formats.
This is useful only if somehow you found out that you cant login to ur account with ur password.
Also if u have any methods to help when we lost our passwords pls do post them.
Thanks for ur reply. post back K ;D
~tinman
Well..its very simple actually...just get a bootable cd like Hiren's Boot CD or the best password remover like Active@ Boot Disk Suite..that cd have all tools u need...simple and not wasting your time.
Quote from: tinman on April 25, 2011, 05:45 AM
hello again... i am only relying on the live cd feature of ubuntu. I can't put in words you hve to see it for urself. A live cd helps u to run the OS from the cd without any harm to your harddrive.
let the partition be ntfs or fat , you can mount it under linux since linux helps you to make use of various filesystem formats.
This is useful only if somehow you found out that you cant login to ur account with ur password.
Also if u have any methods to help when we lost our passwords pls do post them.
Thanks for ur reply. post back K ;D
~tinman
Do you have Ubuntu installed on your HD or do you boot from CD (or DVD)? How do you get warez for it? Is there (for example) an equivalent of Firefox's Adblock Plus? To give you an idea, I've seen the Pirate Bay with Internet Explorer without using a program like Ad Muncher, and the ads on there are simply nauseating.
@humbert firefox is just a program, addons a re available even on the linux side.
Also i have made a video on using chntpw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHSnFppQy0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHSnFppQy0)
Have fun
~tinman
Quote from: tinman on September 07, 2011, 05:09 AM
@humbert firefox is just a program, addons a re available even on the linux side.
Also i have made a video on using chntpw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHSnFppQy0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHSnFppQy0)
Have fun
~tinman
I downloaded your video to look at it more carefully later.
As for Linux, I downloaded the most recent version of Ubuntu and created a Live CD. I also downloaded several E-books about Linux to try to educate myself about that operating system, and even a copy of Fedora because that's what the Dummies book guy was using. As you know, it's a GUI so all you do is click a mouse (or use a keyboard shortcut) if you want anything. Still, there's plenty I don't know and I have to continue reading and practicing. I don't have the luxury of buying another computer at this point (to use Linux), and I'm still not ready to repartition my HD and install Linux along with Windows.
I have a question for you. Even before our discussion, I knew that Linux had many different distros (Ubuntu is but one). Why do you prefer Ubuntu and what other distros can you recommend?
Firstly,sorry to just pop in.. I've got some answers to your questions:
You do not need to buy a new computer to try/test Ubuntu or any other operating system. Use virtual machines. There are programs such as VMWare or VirtualBox that always you to run OSes. What I mean, you can install Ubuntu inside a virtual machine and this would not affect your windows. This way you can run multiple OSes, be it Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE on your windows installation itself.
Ubuntu is a word which means 'humanity to others'. Ubuntu is popular because Linux distros before were not very user-friendly, but Ubuntu implemented somewhat of a GUI. This allowed less 'geek' persons to discover the linux world. And even today, for someone who wants to start to learn Linux, Ubuntu is preferred. Based on Debian, Ubuntu kept evolving to more user friendliness.
Another aspect might be that Ubuntu is free. So no license needed to install, unlike Windows (even though many people used cracked version of Windows)
There are many other things that made Ubuntu popular. It is still gaining ground on Windows.
I prefer Ubuntu because it is very simple to use, and in terms of resources it uses way less than Windows. Moreover, Ubuntu is less prone to viruses than Windows. Security-wise, Ubuntu is good. If a hole is found in Ubuntu, patches are released almost immediately as compared to Windows where patches are released on a time/week basis.
Being open source is another reason I love Ubuntu. There's help everywhere, and I can create my own version of Ubuntu without fearing any legal issues afterwards.
Distros I recommend apart from Ubuntu:
Linux mint - derived from Ubuntu but with more capabilities and apps.
Lubuntu - have same functionality as Ubuntu but uses the LXDE environment which is even more lightweight.
PinguyOS - Based on Ubuntu, but have VLC, and other apps, that people usually install after installing Ubuntu, by default
Fedora
OpenSUSE
Backtrack - Used for penetration and security testing.
Quote from: an7war on September 13, 2011, 12:45 AM
Firstly,sorry to just pop in.. I've got some answers to your questions:
You do not need to buy a new computer to try/test Ubuntu or any other operating system. Use virtual machines. There are programs such as VMWare or VirtualBox that always you to run OSes. What I mean, you can install Ubuntu inside a virtual machine and this would not affect your windows. This way you can run multiple OSes, be it Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE on your windows installation itself.
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I saved your entire post to my HD. Thanks for the info! I didn't have a clue virtual machining even existed, let alone how to use them. I downloaded Virtual Box and the user's manual because it's free and open source, as opposed to VMWare which I'd have to go to the Pirate Bay or some other place to find. I wonder why anyone would pay $562 for VMWare if Virtual Box is free, unless VMWare has features that Virtual Box doesn't, many of which to me here at home might be unnecessary. Now it's just a matter or reading the manual.
I do have a quick question. If I installed VirtualBox, Ubuntu would also be installed on one of my HD's, right (say drive D instead of C)? In order to run Ubuntu, first I'd run VB on top of Windows and it would take it from there? I realize all this is probably in the manual, but I just wanted to have an idea of how this works since it's all new to me.
I'm glad you've discovered something new :)
The world of VM is just great, running an OS on top of another one, just needs memory and some free space ;)
I use VirtualBox too, it's free and works great.
Have a look at this: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-virtualbox-and-vs-vmware-and-vs-parallels/ (http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-virtualbox-and-vs-vmware-and-vs-parallels/)
Another reason why you might use VMware is because of the file type of the virtual hard disk. If I'm correct, VMware uses a different type of file HDD. But it doesn't matter much. Both have 'extensions' pack. Get info about virtualbox extension pack, it adds more usability/friendliness to the virtual OS. IMHO, it is a MUST!
Concerning your question:
VirtualBox will not create a new drive if you install ubuntu, or whatever OS. It will just create a virtual HDD, and in your current OS, it will just be a file(e.g VirtualMachineName.vdi). It won't show up in "My Computer/Computer" as a drive.
You do not need a separate partition to run Ubuntu on top of Windows in VirtualBox.
All depends how you set up your config. but the default ones VirtualBox sets up is ok.
Did you install Ubuntu on a separate partition or you installed it via VB?
And as I can see, you are mainly interested in trying Ubuntu than another OS.. Have you ever heard of Wubi?
QuoteWubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users. It can install and uninstall Ubuntu in the same way as any other Windows application. It's simple and safe.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer)
If I can be helpful, I'm happy ;)
If you want to grab VMware, get it @ http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/6679078/VMware_Workstation_8.6679078.TPB.torrent (http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/6679078/VMware_Workstation_8.6679078.TPB.torrent)
Torrent is from Maher, cheers!
Quote from: an7war on September 16, 2011, 01:31 AM
I'm glad you've discovered something new :)
The world of VM is just great, running an OS on top of another one, just needs memory and some free space ;)
I use VirtualBox too, it's free and works great.
Have a look at this: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-virtualbox-and-vs-vmware-and-vs-parallels/ (http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-virtualbox-and-vs-vmware-and-vs-parallels/)
That's an awesome link! I went back to where it starts (www.differencebetween.com) and bookmarked it. You can compare all kinds of things! Thanks! Thanks too for the link to download VMWare. I may or may not use it because all this is new to me, but at least I have the program.
Quote from: an7war on September 16, 2011, 01:31 AM
Concerning your question:
VirtualBox will not create a new drive if you install ubuntu, or whatever OS. It will just create a virtual HDD, and in your current OS, it will just be a file(e.g VirtualMachineName.vdi). It won't show up in "My Computer/Computer" as a drive.
You do not need a separate partition to run Ubuntu on top of Windows in VirtualBox.
All depends how you set up your config. but the default ones VirtualBox sets up is ok.
I've been reading the docs about Virtual Box. I looked everywhere but there was one thing I couldn't find: once you create your VM via the wizard, how do you install Ubuntu into it... or for that matter ANY other OS? Also, although I realize the drives it creates are virtual, can you tell it to put Ubuntu (for example) on a specific physical drive that has plenty of space left over? Also, I have 8 gigs of physical memory. How much should you allocate to Ubuntu 64?
And finally (for now), will the Mac OS Lion still run as a VM under VirtualBox on my machine given the fact that I have an AMD processor instead of Intel?
Quote from: an7war on September 16, 2011, 01:31 AM
Did you install Ubuntu on a separate partition or you installed it via VB?
And as I can see, you are mainly interested in trying Ubuntu than another OS.. Have you ever heard of Wubi?
QuoteWubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users. It can install and uninstall Ubuntu in the same way as any other Windows application. It's simple and safe.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer)
I just saw your link. Wubi is truly awesome and were it not for you I would have never known about it. I have 2 questions, (1) in that box where you select the OS you want. can you put Ubuntu 64 bit or does it automatically download the 32bit version, and (2) does Wubi just download or can you use an Ubuntu CD to install the OS? Although the program is surely awesome, unlike VBox it'll only install Ubuntu. I'd like to be able to play around with different OS'es, Ubuntu is only my first choice for now. I just hate being tied down to Windblows due to simple lack of knowledge.
Quote from: an7war on September 16, 2011, 01:31 AM
If I can be helpful, I'm happy ;)
You
should be happy! You've helped me tremendously! Would you give me the privelege of continuing to pick your brains? I'd be more than happy to post one of my e-mail addresses so you can write me, I just don't know if Maher will allow it. Also, please don't get me wrong, when I first learned DOS many years ago, it took quite a bit of reading and mistake-making until I got the hang of it, and so it goes for the OS'es that followed. This is exactly the same situation -- I want to learn to create virtual boxes, I want to learn Linux, I want to learn (if possible) the Mac OS or any other. Being tied down to 1 OS sux!