Cracking laptop admin password {Don't know where I found this, I have not tried it}

Subject: Re: Cracking a Win NT4 Workstation laptop?
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:46:01 -0400
From: Fred Pan <fpan@hotmail.com>
Organization: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Research & Development
Newsgroups: alt.2600.cracks,alt.2600.crackz,alt.binaries.cracks,alt.cracks,microsoft.public.windowsnt.apps

If you want to see waht's on the HD. Get a copy of NT workstation and
install it to a different directory then the current install. Once the
new version is installed you won the machine. If you want to change the
password for the old install, just replace the WINLOGON.EXE in the old
installation dir with the MUSRMGR.EXE file. Both these files are in the
c:\winnt\system32 by default. When the machine reboots the User Manager
program will load instead of the login program. You will then be free to
change any password you want.

-Fred Pan

If you have physical Access to the machine it shouldn't be any problem
hacking into it.

In article <jvo9vsgkjidhmcljp32sclnrkmlbpj15kj@4ax.com>, user@domain.com
says...
> if all you want to do it wipe the drive clean then you can just delete
> the Partion and recreate it with a win98 boot disk.
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> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 02:07:11 GMT, "Andre J." <andrej770@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >That may not work. The master boot record is still there and may still give
> >them problems. FDISK only deletes the master boot record of a DOS or
> >WINDOWS partition. I have a program that will completely remove all
> >partitions from your hard drive and make it like a brand new hard drive.
> >You boot from DOS then run the program. Email me directly. I've attached
> >text files about the programs.
> >
> >Drayster
> >"Robert Moir [MVP]" <maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk> wrote in message
> >news:#dv9O3DPAHA.253@cppssbbsa05...
> >>
> >>
> >> "Sentinel762" <sentinel762@mindless.com> wrote in message
> >> news:8su3v6$ffb$1@news.monmouth.com...
> >> > I'm desperatefor any help, so I'll post this and hope someone can help
> >me
> >> > find an answer.
> >> >
> >> > I bought a Compaq Armada 7400 laptop from an auction - it has WinNT4 on
> >> it -
> >> > and NT4 has a user password protect on it.
> >> >
> >> > (I tried the usual "generic passwords" - password, system, admin)
> >> >
> >> > Can I crack this, or how can I just boot up to DOS so I can wipe the HD
> >> and
> >> > install Win98 (Which is my plan ANYWAY).
> >> >
> >>
> >> Boot a win 98 bootdisk that has fdisk on it, run fdisk, and select to
> >delete
> >> partitions. Delete the "NON DOS" partition.
> >>
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Robert Moir, Backoffice MVP
> >> To search the MS Knowledge base use the link below:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/support/search/c.asp?PSL=1
> >> My Homepage - http://www.robertmoir.co.uk
> >> ** Emailed questions will not be answered **
> >>