Login Password doesn't work

[caliwhale]

I have an hp omnibook 6100 and its just been given to me by my sister but she forgot to give me the password and I can't get a hold of her for quite a while. I was wondering if theres any way I could reset this password. It's the password where you have to hit cntrl, alt, and delete and then type user name and password. Any help would be appreciated.

[Ivan Ferreira]

I Hope that really your sister forgot and you are not trying to read her journal ;).

This software is normally used to break password:

home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

[caliwhale]

I've browsed that site for about 20 minutes and have found no link to a download to put on a cd, I'll continue looking though.

[Jon Finley]

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd060213.zip

Jon

[caliwhale]

Okay thanks for the link, I've downloaded that and put it on a disc and I don't know where to go from there. I tried booting the laptop with the cd in there but no message screen or anything popped up so I must be doing something wrong.

[Rainald T]

What have you done, caliwhale?

The proper steps would be:
1.) Unpack the ZIP and store the ISO-file (which is a CD-image) in some tmp folder.
2.) Burn a CD *from* the ISO-file, using Nero or some other CD burning application. Do not burn the file itself to the CD.
3.) Check what's on the CD. There should be 7 files altogether.
4.) boot from the CD.
5.) Follow the on-screen messages.

HTH
Rainald

[caliwhale]

I've unzipped the file and burned it to a cd but I must have done that wrong. How do you burn "from" a file. I have nero by the way.

[Rainald T]

Caliwhale,
if your Nero is set up the right way, a click on the ISO-file should open Nero in the mode to burn an ISO image.

Otherwise open Nero, Select CD-ROM (ISO) as type to be burnt, selectm "no Multisession" and then select/open the ISO file as the source.

Rainald

[caliwhale]

Okay I just did that and there are 7 files total on the cd. I don't know where to go from there.

[Rainald T]

Caliwhale,
this sounds OK.

So now just boot from the CD and follow the on-screen intruction.

Delete Password for the account in question.
You may set a new one later under Windows.

Rainald