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authorRoberto Metere <roberto@metere.it>2012-05-29 19:12:22 -0400
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+chntpw allows you to view some information and change user passwords
+in a Windows (NT/XP/Vista/win7) etc SAM userdatabase file. You do
+not need to know the old passwords. However, you need to get at the
+file some way or another yourself. In addition it contains a simple
+registry editor with full write support, and hex-editor which
+enables you to fiddle around with bits&bytes in the file as you
+wish yourself.
+
+There are 3 main executables
+- "ntreg" (the registry library)
+- "chntpw" (the password reset / registry editor frontend)
+- "reged" (registry editor /export tool)
+
+Quickstart example, where /dev/sda1 (or whatever partition Windows
+has been installed in) is mounted to /mnt/windows:
+ chntpw -i /mnt/windows/Windows/System32/config/SAM
+The previous line should open a shell-driven menu.