T’Krin’s Realm

Never fear… Don’t re-install Windows. Boot from a floppy or CD and use the Offline NT Password and Registry Editor which can be found at http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/.

After you boot it’s pretty simple to reset the Administrator password.

1. Select the partition that contains your Windows install.

2. Specify the path to the registry files, e.g. WINNT/system32/config/

3. Select 1 to load SAM, SECURITY and SYSTEM files

4. Select 1 to edit user data and passwords.

5. Specify the user you wish to alter. Administrator is the default, but you can specify any user you wish.

Automatic indexing with Apache.

A good write up and discusses customizing the view.

A decent article at Help Net Security on safe passwords.