Problem with Using chntpw in Ubuntu to reset Windows 7 Password
- by sandesh yadav
I tried resetting the password of windows 7 Using 'chntpw' command in Ubuntu . It showed success . But when I try to login from Windows it does not seem to be changed.
I first used live USB of ubuntu 11.10 and did ''Try Ubuntu''. Then I did
sudo apt-get install chntpw
and then
cd /media/Vista/Windows/System32/config
sudo chntpw -u username sam
.
I did according to this link .
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/resetwindowspasswordold/
and got success like this.
Hives that have changed:
Name
0
Write hive files? (y/n) [n] : y
0 – OK .
But when I try to login to windows with blank password , I could not login.
I also tried changing the password and showed success but I could not login with that password . Thank you . Any help is very much appreciated.