[TriLUG] OT: Linux to fix W2k3

[David Brain]

Ok,

I've been through this one - restart the system in safe mode
(F<somethingorother>) on startup, you'll eventually get to the login
screen.  Once you get there there is no sign of a 'shutdown' button,
however if you fail to log in at the password prompt (I think only
once but it might be a couple of times) the shutdown button will
appear.

Shut down the system, then (and this is a bit obscure) repeat the
process - I think this is due to the fact that windows re-sets the
filesystem status on startup, not shutdown so it has to be brought up
and down cleanly once before it is happy that the file system is OK.
Then you will be able to use the offline password editor to reset the
password.

Hope that helps.

David.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Paul G. Szabady <Paul at thyservice.com> wrote:
> I have an issue I'm hoping some of you gurus might be able to help with
>  and since it uses linux, it's only slightly off topic...I think.  ;)
>
>  I have friend with a w2k3 server that I need to be able to log into as
>  admin, but we don't have the password.  I have tried some of the tools,
>  such as "Offline NT Password & Reg Editor"
>  (http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/), but they all mount the
>  filesystem RO because it wasn't shutdown in a clean manner.
>  Unfortunately, the only account on the server is the admin account, so
>  the only way I can shut it down is by killing power.
>
>  Anybody run into this before?  Is there better a linux tool I can use
>  that will allow me to force a mount?
>
>  I've used these tools before with 100% success as long as I was able to
>  log in and shutdown clean.
>
>  Thoughts?
>
>
>  Paul
>  @ Thy Service
>
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