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kcricket@ymail.com
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      08-07-2008
Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?
 
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CdLSRN
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      08-08-2008


<> wrote in message
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> Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
> Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
> between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
> access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?



Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

This is absolutely one of the best free tools to reset the administrator
password and gain access that I have ever used. It modifies the encrypted
password in the registry's SAM file allowing you access to the account in
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems.

There is an image file to create a bootable floppy disk or bootable CD to
modify the admin password and access NTFS partitions. You do not need to
know the old password to set a new one. It will also offer to unlock
disabled or locked user accounts (a very helpful feature). The program was
just updated on April 9, 2007 to include Vista support.

Please visit the site by clicking on the link below to download a CD image
or floppy image of this great program.

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

LoginRecovery.com

Another option is to decrypt the password and show you the actual
administrator password. A great site for doing this is loginrecovery.com.
Basically, you download a small program to extract the password from the
computer, then you submit the encrypted password file to their site and they
will recover the lost password. Of course, you need a computer with Internet
access to upload the file and find the password.

With this option, the administrator password is not changed so you wont lose
access to EFS encrypted files. Visit their site by clicking below

http://www.loginrecovery.com

Although there are probably other options to recover an administrator
password, I find the two option shown above to be the quickest and easiest
ways to either change or discover the password and allow you access to the
user profile and data stored on the hard drive.









 
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CdLSRN
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      08-08-2008
BTW - I found these answers and copied and pasted them. I never really used
them myself. So I can't vouch for them.


"CdLSRN" <> wrote in message
news:OoGsmdP%...
>
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:4b6d6daa-8c76-4144-b251-...
>> Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
>> Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
>> between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
>> access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?

>
>
> Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
>
> This is absolutely one of the best free tools to reset the administrator
> password and gain access that I have ever used. It modifies the encrypted
> password in the registry's SAM file allowing you access to the account in
> Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems.
>
> There is an image file to create a bootable floppy disk or bootable CD to
> modify the admin password and access NTFS partitions. You do not need to
> know the old password to set a new one. It will also offer to unlock
> disabled or locked user accounts (a very helpful feature). The program
> was just updated on April 9, 2007 to include Vista support.
>
> Please visit the site by clicking on the link below to download a CD image
> or floppy image of this great program.
>
> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
> LoginRecovery.com
>
> Another option is to decrypt the password and show you the actual
> administrator password. A great site for doing this is loginrecovery.com.
> Basically, you download a small program to extract the password from the
> computer, then you submit the encrypted password file to their site and
> they will recover the lost password. Of course, you need a computer with
> Internet access to upload the file and find the password.
>
> With this option, the administrator password is not changed so you wont
> lose access to EFS encrypted files. Visit their site by clicking below
>
> http://www.loginrecovery.com
>
> Although there are probably other options to recover an administrator
> password, I find the two option shown above to be the quickest and easiest
> ways to either change or discover the password and allow you access to the
> user profile and data stored on the hard drive.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


 
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CdLSRN
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      08-08-2008
BTW - I found these answers and copied and pasted them. I never really used
them myself. So I can't vouch for them.


"CdLSRN" <> wrote in message
news:OoGsmdP%...
>
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:4b6d6daa-8c76-4144-b251-...
>> Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
>> Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
>> between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
>> access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?

>
>
> Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
>
> This is absolutely one of the best free tools to reset the administrator
> password and gain access that I have ever used. It modifies the encrypted
> password in the registry's SAM file allowing you access to the account in
> Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems.
>
> There is an image file to create a bootable floppy disk or bootable CD to
> modify the admin password and access NTFS partitions. You do not need to
> know the old password to set a new one. It will also offer to unlock
> disabled or locked user accounts (a very helpful feature). The program
> was just updated on April 9, 2007 to include Vista support.
>
> Please visit the site by clicking on the link below to download a CD image
> or floppy image of this great program.
>
> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
> LoginRecovery.com
>
> Another option is to decrypt the password and show you the actual
> administrator password. A great site for doing this is loginrecovery.com.
> Basically, you download a small program to extract the password from the
> computer, then you submit the encrypted password file to their site and
> they will recover the lost password. Of course, you need a computer with
> Internet access to upload the file and find the password.
>
> With this option, the administrator password is not changed so you wont
> lose access to EFS encrypted files. Visit their site by clicking below
>
> http://www.loginrecovery.com
>
> Although there are probably other options to recover an administrator
> password, I find the two option shown above to be the quickest and easiest
> ways to either change or discover the password and allow you access to the
> user profile and data stored on the hard drive.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


 
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Malke
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      08-08-2008
CdLSRN wrote:

> BTW - I found these answers and copied and pasted them. I never really
> used them myself. So I can't vouch for them.


(snip wrong answer, twice yet!)

There is absolutely no reason to use NTpasswd to change passwords from
within Vista!

The OP can get into Vista. S/he only wants to change user passwords.

To the OP: change your user passwords from the User Accounts applet in
Control Panel. If you are still not sure how to do this from looking at
that applet, use Vista's Help. Use "change password" as your search term.

Refer to whatever IM program's help you are using for how to change your
password there.

Change whether your machine will accept remote control from the Windows
Firewall applet. Again, refer to Vista's Help for how to do that. Use
"disable remote control" or the like for your search term.

If you are using a third-party firewall, refer to its help for how to
configure it.

Malke
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Bob D.
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      08-09-2008
I tryed to install the ISO image file to a bootable CD but I just end up
booting to PC dos. How do you transfer the image file to the CD. When I do
it I just end up having the .ISO file on the CD.
I use NTI CD&DVD-Maker version 7.7.0.1501.
Thanks for any imformation!

Bob


"CdLSRN" <> wrote in message
news:OoGsmdP%...
>
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:4b6d6daa-8c76-4144-b251-...
>> Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
>> Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
>> between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
>> access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?

>
>
> Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
>
> This is absolutely one of the best free tools to reset the administrator
> password and gain access that I have ever used. It modifies the encrypted
> password in the registry's SAM file allowing you access to the account in
> Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems.
>
> There is an image file to create a bootable floppy disk or bootable CD to
> modify the admin password and access NTFS partitions. You do not need to
> know the old password to set a new one. It will also offer to unlock
> disabled or locked user accounts (a very helpful feature). The program
> was just updated on April 9, 2007 to include Vista support.
>
> Please visit the site by clicking on the link below to download a CD image
> or floppy image of this great program.
>
> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
> LoginRecovery.com
>
> Another option is to decrypt the password and show you the actual
> administrator password. A great site for doing this is loginrecovery.com.
> Basically, you download a small program to extract the password from the
> computer, then you submit the encrypted password file to their site and
> they will recover the lost password. Of course, you need a computer with
> Internet access to upload the file and find the password.
>
> With this option, the administrator password is not changed so you wont
> lose access to EFS encrypted files. Visit their site by clicking below
>
> http://www.loginrecovery.com
>
> Although there are probably other options to recover an administrator
> password, I find the two option shown above to be the quickest and easiest
> ways to either change or discover the password and allow you access to the
> user profile and data stored on the hard drive.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


 
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Gary S. Terhune
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      08-09-2008
Look in the burner software Help file for instruction on burning an ISO. If
there isn't any mention of such a task, you'll need to find better software.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Bob D." <> wrote in message
news:%23txjpUc%...
>I tryed to install the ISO image file to a bootable CD but I just end up
>booting to PC dos. How do you transfer the image file to the CD. When I do
>it I just end up having the .ISO file on the CD.
> I use NTI CD&DVD-Maker version 7.7.0.1501.
> Thanks for any imformation!
>
> Bob
>
>
> "CdLSRN" <> wrote in message
> news:OoGsmdP%...
>>
>>
>> <> wrote in message
>> news:4b6d6daa-8c76-4144-b251-...
>>> Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
>>> Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
>>> between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
>>> access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?

>>
>>
>> Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
>>
>> This is absolutely one of the best free tools to reset the administrator
>> password and gain access that I have ever used. It modifies the encrypted
>> password in the registry's SAM file allowing you access to the account in
>> Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems.
>>
>> There is an image file to create a bootable floppy disk or bootable CD to
>> modify the admin password and access NTFS partitions. You do not need to
>> know the old password to set a new one. It will also offer to unlock
>> disabled or locked user accounts (a very helpful feature). The program
>> was just updated on April 9, 2007 to include Vista support.
>>
>> Please visit the site by clicking on the link below to download a CD
>> image or floppy image of this great program.
>>
>> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>>
>> LoginRecovery.com
>>
>> Another option is to decrypt the password and show you the actual
>> administrator password. A great site for doing this is loginrecovery.com.
>> Basically, you download a small program to extract the password from the
>> computer, then you submit the encrypted password file to their site and
>> they will recover the lost password. Of course, you need a computer with
>> Internet access to upload the file and find the password.
>>
>> With this option, the administrator password is not changed so you wont
>> lose access to EFS encrypted files. Visit their site by clicking below
>>
>> http://www.loginrecovery.com
>>
>> Although there are probably other options to recover an administrator
>> password, I find the two option shown above to be the quickest and
>> easiest ways to either change or discover the password and allow you
>> access to the user profile and data stored on the hard drive.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

>



 
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Bob D.
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      08-09-2008
I will look again. Thanks!

Bob


"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:%239VO06c%...
> Look in the burner software Help file for instruction on burning an ISO.
> If there isn't any mention of such a task, you'll need to find better
> software.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://grystmill.com
>
> "Bob D." <> wrote in message
> news:%23txjpUc%...
>>I tryed to install the ISO image file to a bootable CD but I just end up
>>booting to PC dos. How do you transfer the image file to the CD. When I do
>>it I just end up having the .ISO file on the CD.
>> I use NTI CD&DVD-Maker version 7.7.0.1501.
>> Thanks for any imformation!
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> "CdLSRN" <> wrote in message
>> news:OoGsmdP%...
>>>
>>>
>>> <> wrote in message
>>> news:4b6d6daa-8c76-4144-b251-...
>>>> Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
>>>> Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
>>>> between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
>>>> access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?
>>>
>>>
>>> Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
>>>
>>> This is absolutely one of the best free tools to reset the administrator
>>> password and gain access that I have ever used. It modifies the
>>> encrypted password in the registry's SAM file allowing you access to the
>>> account in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems.
>>>
>>> There is an image file to create a bootable floppy disk or bootable CD
>>> to modify the admin password and access NTFS partitions. You do not need
>>> to know the old password to set a new one. It will also offer to unlock
>>> disabled or locked user accounts (a very helpful feature). The program
>>> was just updated on April 9, 2007 to include Vista support.
>>>
>>> Please visit the site by clicking on the link below to download a CD
>>> image or floppy image of this great program.
>>>
>>> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>>>
>>> LoginRecovery.com
>>>
>>> Another option is to decrypt the password and show you the actual
>>> administrator password. A great site for doing this is
>>> loginrecovery.com. Basically, you download a small program to extract
>>> the password from the computer, then you submit the encrypted password
>>> file to their site and they will recover the lost password. Of course,
>>> you need a computer with Internet access to upload the file and find the
>>> password.
>>>
>>> With this option, the administrator password is not changed so you wont
>>> lose access to EFS encrypted files. Visit their site by clicking below
>>>
>>> http://www.loginrecovery.com
>>>
>>> Although there are probably other options to recover an administrator
>>> password, I find the two option shown above to be the quickest and
>>> easiest ways to either change or discover the password and allow you
>>> access to the user profile and data stored on the hard drive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>

>
>


 
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Bob D.
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      08-09-2008
Finally figured it out. Now to figure out why I can't mount the volume vista
is on.

Bob

"Bob D." <> wrote in message
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>I will look again. Thanks!
>
> Bob
>
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> news:%239VO06c%...
>> Look in the burner software Help file for instruction on burning an ISO.
>> If there isn't any mention of such a task, you'll need to find better
>> software.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://grystmill.com
>>
>> "Bob D." <> wrote in message
>> news:%23txjpUc%...
>>>I tryed to install the ISO image file to a bootable CD but I just end up
>>>booting to PC dos. How do you transfer the image file to the CD. When I
>>>do it I just end up having the .ISO file on the CD.
>>> I use NTI CD&DVD-Maker version 7.7.0.1501.
>>> Thanks for any imformation!
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> "CdLSRN" <> wrote in message
>>> news:OoGsmdP%...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <> wrote in message
>>>> news:4b6d6daa-8c76-4144-b251-...
>>>>> Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
>>>>> Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
>>>>> between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
>>>>> access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
>>>>
>>>> This is absolutely one of the best free tools to reset the
>>>> administrator password and gain access that I have ever used. It
>>>> modifies the encrypted password in the registry's SAM file allowing you
>>>> access to the account in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems.
>>>>
>>>> There is an image file to create a bootable floppy disk or bootable CD
>>>> to modify the admin password and access NTFS partitions. You do not
>>>> need to know the old password to set a new one. It will also offer to
>>>> unlock disabled or locked user accounts (a very helpful feature). The
>>>> program was just updated on April 9, 2007 to include Vista support.
>>>>
>>>> Please visit the site by clicking on the link below to download a CD
>>>> image or floppy image of this great program.
>>>>
>>>> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>>>>
>>>> LoginRecovery.com
>>>>
>>>> Another option is to decrypt the password and show you the actual
>>>> administrator password. A great site for doing this is
>>>> loginrecovery.com. Basically, you download a small program to extract
>>>> the password from the computer, then you submit the encrypted password
>>>> file to their site and they will recover the lost password. Of course,
>>>> you need a computer with Internet access to upload the file and find
>>>> the password.
>>>>
>>>> With this option, the administrator password is not changed so you wont
>>>> lose access to EFS encrypted files. Visit their site by clicking below
>>>>
>>>> http://www.loginrecovery.com
>>>>
>>>> Although there are probably other options to recover an administrator
>>>> password, I find the two option shown above to be the quickest and
>>>> easiest ways to either change or discover the password and allow you
>>>> access to the user profile and data stored on the hard drive.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>


 
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Gary S. Terhune
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      08-10-2008
Please explain what you mean. Is this something to do with burning the CD or
an entirely different question? If the latter, please start a new thread.

--
Gary S. Terhune
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http://grystmill.com

"Bob D." <> wrote in message
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> Finally figured it out. Now to figure out why I can't mount the volume
> vista is on.
>
> Bob
>
> "Bob D." <> wrote in message
> news:unqPiDe%...
>>I will look again. Thanks!
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
>> news:%239VO06c%...
>>> Look in the burner software Help file for instruction on burning an ISO.
>>> If there isn't any mention of such a task, you'll need to find better
>>> software.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary S. Terhune
>>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>> http://grystmill.com
>>>
>>> "Bob D." <> wrote in message
>>> news:%23txjpUc%...
>>>>I tryed to install the ISO image file to a bootable CD but I just end up
>>>>booting to PC dos. How do you transfer the image file to the CD. When I
>>>>do it I just end up having the .ISO file on the CD.
>>>> I use NTI CD&DVD-Maker version 7.7.0.1501.
>>>> Thanks for any imformation!
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "CdLSRN" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:OoGsmdP%...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:4b6d6daa-8c76-4144-b251-...
>>>>>> Until recently I have been getting assistance with my Windows Vista
>>>>>> Ultimate through an IM connection, with a file sharing port open
>>>>>> between us. I would now like to change the passwords and close all
>>>>>> access ports to my machine. How do I go about doing that?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
>>>>>
>>>>> This is absolutely one of the best free tools to reset the
>>>>> administrator password and gain access that I have ever used. It
>>>>> modifies the encrypted password in the registry's SAM file allowing
>>>>> you access to the account in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista systems.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is an image file to create a bootable floppy disk or bootable CD
>>>>> to modify the admin password and access NTFS partitions. You do not
>>>>> need to know the old password to set a new one. It will also offer to
>>>>> unlock disabled or locked user accounts (a very helpful feature). The
>>>>> program was just updated on April 9, 2007 to include Vista support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please visit the site by clicking on the link below to download a CD
>>>>> image or floppy image of this great program.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>>>>>
>>>>> LoginRecovery.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Another option is to decrypt the password and show you the actual
>>>>> administrator password. A great site for doing this is
>>>>> loginrecovery.com. Basically, you download a small program to extract
>>>>> the password from the computer, then you submit the encrypted password
>>>>> file to their site and they will recover the lost password. Of course,
>>>>> you need a computer with Internet access to upload the file and find
>>>>> the password.
>>>>>
>>>>> With this option, the administrator password is not changed so you
>>>>> wont lose access to EFS encrypted files. Visit their site by clicking
>>>>> below
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.loginrecovery.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Although there are probably other options to recover an administrator
>>>>> password, I find the two option shown above to be the quickest and
>>>>> easiest ways to either change or discover the password and allow you
>>>>> access to the user profile and data stored on the hard drive.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>

>>

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