Reset Windows Password with Ubuntu Live CD
- by snix
A friend brought me his PC with Windows Vista to reset the user password because he didn't use it for a long while and forgot his password.
So I found a tutorial on how to reset the password by using a Ubuntu Live CD and the software chntpw.
After I installed this software I mounted the SYSTEM partition by opening it with the file explorer. It is now available at /media/SYSTEM/
The tutorial says I have to open the file /windows/system32/config/sam with chntpw and reset the password with
chntpw -u USERNAME sam
After I did this it didn't show me any errors. So I unmounted the partition and rebooted the PC with the installed Windows Vista.
It is still locked with the old password.
Did I do any mistakes or is there an other way to reset the password?