#SYSTEMRESCUECD CHNTPW WINDOWS#
This file is usually located at \WINDOWS\system32\config\SAM on the Windows file system.
#SYSTEMRESCUECD CHNTPW MANUAL#
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.Ĭhntpw is a utility to view some information and reset user passwords in a Windows NT/2000 SAM userdatabase file used by Microsoft Windows Operating System (in NT3.x and later versions). This manual page documents briefly the chntpw command. It would be best if you experimented with non-destructive options before trying to clear a password.ĬHNTPW(8) System Manager's Manual CHNTPW(8)Ĭhntpw - utility to overwrite passwords of Windows systemsĬhntpw Take note of the “Examples” in the following text. – Beginning of chntpw man page -–īelow is a copy of the Linux “manual page” for chntpw. Please note that chntpw and systemrescuecd have been available for many years. Ĭhntpw is available as part of systemrescuecd. There are other command line tools available from the author of chntpw.
#SYSTEMRESCUECD CHNTPW PASSWORD#
You will find other references to chntpw if you do an internet search for “ chntpw ” or “ offline NT password ”. The source for chntpw is available from the creator of the program at. You need to substitute the manufacture and/or model for ComputerModel. The magic of finding the process that will allow you to change the BIOS options might be discovered by executing an internet search for “ CompterModel boot keys ”. Most PC's have the ability to change bios boot options. It is not uncommon for BIOS boot options, to be changed for the period of time you need to boot Linux, and use chntpw. This also means that your BIOS probably needs to be configured to allow booting from an alternate media. Alternate media in this case means a CD or a DVD or a USB device.
This also means your computer needs the ability to boot from an alternate media. chntpw is a program that requires the Linux operating system. If you forgot your password for logging into Windows AND it is a local password, then the password can be cleared (set to nothing), with a program named chntpw (change NT password). In a nutshell, this process requires that you boot your computer with Linux and use chntpw to clear the password.
In your solution, you have two cd commands with absolute paths: cd /media/448AF1848AF172B2Ĭd /media/448AF1848AF172B2/Windows/System32/configĪs your goal is to get to /media/448AF1848AF172B2/Windows/System32/config, the first command is completely unnecessary: the second command will get you to the exact directory you specified, no matter what your current directory was before it.This method/process might be considered when other methods are not an option or less desirable. command had a slash at the beginning, so it did not continue from where the first cd command left off, but tried to trace a completely different path starting from the root directory of the system - a path that did not exist. Note: the argument to the second cd command must not begin with / if you want to continue from the directory specified with the first cd command.Ī pathname starting with a slash / is an absolute path: it is always interpreted starting at the root of the filesystem hierarchy.
If the directory you want to go to is /media/448AF1848AF172B2/Windows/System32/config/, you can go there in two steps with: cd /media/448AF1848AF172B2
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