[Gllug] Windows XP 64 bit password reset from Ubuntu - where is the equivalent of SAM?

Michael-John Turner mj at mjturner.net
Tue Nov 10 09:59:29 UTC 2009


On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 10:31:24PM +0000, M.Blackmore wrote:
> I'm getting nowhere trying to reset a forgotten 64 bit XP password from
> Ubuntu 9.10 - all references seem to lead to 32 bit ../system32/SAM and
> chntpw. And I can't find the equivalent in 64 bit directory structure.

One thing to be aware of is that 64-bit x86_64 XP is really Windows 2003
under the hood - you'll need a password reset tool that supports it, rather
than one that supports XP only. HTH.

-mj
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