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Repairing a corrupted password file...
Name: Magic BeanMan Date: October 2, 2001 at 09:14:21 Pacific
Comment:
Hello Out There, I have a Windows NT 4.0 Workstation that runs a very important application on it that seems to be the proud owner of a corrupted password file. Does anyone know how to repair this?!? Right now I'm just stuck with a logon screen. NO passwords, including the Admin user's are working, so I'm 99.9% sure that it's corrupted file. Any ideas?PLEASE!!!!
Name: Roy Date: November 16, 2001 at 17:49:33 Pacific
Reply:
Someone may hacked this pc. Easiest way is to delete that password file this will reset all passwords. Since you cant boot that computer take out HD and connect it to somewhere where you have administrative rights, then search for sam* files and delete them or move to some folder.
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