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Jerry, I'm not sure about Knoppix, but "Recovery is Possible" (you can find the url for it on freshmeat) has NTFS read/write support which you can use to have chntpw reset the password. I'm pretty sure it also has network support. -- Michael Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org -- On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Jerry Feldman wrote: > A quick question came up where a friend of mine needs to access a > Windows XP professional system where the admin password is unknown (due > to a disgruntled employee). There are some spreadsheets and possible > customer information on that system that need to be extracted. > > Question 1. Does Knoppix 3.4 have NTFS(R/O) support built-in. > > If not, is there a stand-alone CD Linux or other that has NTFS support > so that the company can get the spreadsheets et. al. > > Normally, when an employee leaves, a good practice is to completely back > up the system then reinstall before giving it to another employee. > > > -- > Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> > Boston Linux and Unix user group > http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 > PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 >
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