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Dos and password
Name: needshelpinva Date: July 19, 2004 at 08:10:18 Pacific OS: NT CPU/Ram: 56k
Comment:
Is there a way, through dos, to find the password file? My son did something to our computer at home and we're locked out with an invalid password. Someone told me to get it from the DOS files, but I don't know how to access them or where to look.
Name: jboy Date: July 19, 2004 at 09:03:26 Pacific
Reply:
Try the NT forum - different Operating System entirely. In 'real' DOS based Windows, passwords are stored as *.PWL files - but I don't know if that's necessarily true for NT
We have nothing against ideas. We're against people spreading them. - General Augusto Pinochet of Chile
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: July 19, 2004 at 09:55:39 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
I got this, but I forget where:
bd040116.zip
It works on 2k so will probably do NT.
Do a search.
M2
Mechanix2Go@Golden-Triangle.com
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Response Number 3
Name: Mick C Date: July 19, 2004 at 16:30:11 Pacific
Reply:
You cannot access a NTFS harddrive with a normal DOS bootdisk, you need a utility such as NTFSREAD (Copy on my Bootdisk Project Page)
That is unless he has applied a BIOS Password which locks your PC BEFORE the OS Boots!
In that case you may have problems.
To what stage do you get to when you are asked for the password?
Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...
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Response Number 4
Name: for786 Date: July 20, 2004 at 00:45:30 Pacific
Reply:
ASLAMO-E-ALAIKUM you lost your bios password please write me at for786@yahoo.com I may help you thanks
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Response Number 5
Name: needshelpinva Date: July 20, 2004 at 13:33:48 Pacific
Reply:
I put the boot disc in and restarted the computer in safe mode. I got an a:> prompt. Is that right? How to I get to the c drive? Where do I find the SAM or the password files?
Needing Help in VA
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Response Number 6
Name: jboy Date: July 21, 2004 at 07:29:13 Pacific
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