chntpw
Sign in to savechntpw or Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor is a software utility for resetting or blanking local passwords used by Windows NT operating systems on Linux. It does this by editing the SAM database where Windows stores password hashes.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Country
- Norway
- Official website
- pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd
- Image
- Chntpw.png
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- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0
- operating system
- Linux
- programmed in
- Q15777
- Commons category
- Chntpw
- publication date
- 1998-00-00
- source code repository URL
- pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/chntpw-source-140201.zip
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- Where it is used
- License change
- References
- External links
chntpw or Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor is a software utility for resetting or blanking local passwords used by Windows NT operating systems on Linux. It does this by editing the SAM database where Windows stores password hashes.
== Features == There are two ways to use the program: via the standalone chntpw utility installed as a package available in most modern Linux distributions (e.g. Ubuntu) or via a bootable CD/USB image. There also was a floppy release, but its support has been dropped.
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