Posts Tagged: Root

Windows Local Administrator Password Reset Petter Nordahl-Hagen’s offline password reset tool. http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ I have used this tool kit for over a decade and it is reliable, as long as you understand the one big caveat: Encrypted XP, Vista, or Windows 7 files will stay encrypted. That is, if you don’t know the original Administrator password […]

Superuser root.  su – If you are becoming a Linux Administrator out in the big bad world you will want to know about a command called “sudo” that allows you to execute a single command as root and then return to your regular logon. However, sudo requires configuration, and there is an easy way out: […]