[wylde12]

madmatt2006, on 21 October 2009 - 03:03 AM, said:

just to see if it is and image issue do you have a windows bootable cd to try cause if it boots off the there is some thing wrong with the image of the other cd

I'm @ work trying to fix the studio computer and dont have that stuff available. On a side note i really appreciate all the help you guys have given me, i've been on countless forums in the 8hrs i been sitting here trying to fix this and this forum has been the most helpful, thnx a bunch!

This post has been edited by wylde12: 21 October 2009 - 03:09 AM

[Pirate07]

wylde12, on 21 October 2009 - 02:57 AM, said:

im a little hesitant on the Ophcrack cuz i tried to download that earlier today and it shot up a virus alert....

Your anti-virus is going to throw a fit about Ophcrack because its a hacking tool. Your AV is designed to tell you that these types of programs are threats. But if you don't want to use it, then stick with backtrack, its a little more difficult, but it works like a charm.

[madmatt2006]

"8hrs i been sitting here trying to fix this and this forum has been the most helpful, thnx a bunch!"


Remember to come back here with all your PC problem send your friends to

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Hurray!

[Pirate07]

Ok i just used the Backtrack Method on my computer (its been awhile since I did it) and it worked well off course. (I was using Backtrack 3). The most important thing to remember is that Backtrack and the command line are very case sensitive. in the video that i posted earlier, after he opens up "chntpw" he then types a path name. chntpw -i /mnt/sda1/windows/system32/config/SAM. (the sda1 could be hda1 or hd0) to find out what yours is called click on the "K" in the bottom left (start button) > System > System Information > Partitions. You should only have one partition, note down what it says i.e. /mnt/sda1. Close when finished. Notice that in the video he makes windows all lowercase. When I was doing this I ran my command with windows in lowercase and i kept getting a bad command. Until I changed "windows" to "WINDOWS" then it worked and the rest of the steps were the same.

Make sure that WINDOWS and SAM are all caps, everything else is lowercase.

chntpw -i /mnt/sda1/WINDOWS/system32/config/SAM

After you get that command correct the rest is step by step from the video. Once Backtrack loaded up it took me 5 minutes to remove my password.

This post has been edited by Pirate07: 21 October 2009 - 06:00 AM