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How to enable password challenge in Active Directory?
As IT Support, my team is taking so much time reseting passwords. So, we thought it would be interesting to enable some sort of Password Challenge in Active Directory so users could reset their own ...
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EC2 Windows password recover
I can't get the password from the AWS console tools. I can reach the box via rdesktop.Can I reset the password remotely? If so, how to go about doing this? the machine is Windows server 2008 R2 ...
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How does the Task Scheduler save passwords on Windows 7?
If I save a password for a scheduled task, or in a service's logon credentials, is it safe?
It seems to me that Windows saves this password encrypted somehow, but since Windows has to decipher it, so ...
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How can I recover the SSL cert, private key, and password from an Aruba (nee Avenda) eTIPS RADIUS device?
I have a pair of eTIPS RADIUS devices from Avenda (recently acquired by Aruba). The old SSL certs were about to expire and I tried rolling back to an older configuration, but the devices will not ...
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Xampp: How to change your Tomcat default user and password?
I have recently installed Xampp, and I am now learning JSP but after copying my .jsp file into the required file and starting Tomcat it won't let me access the manager without a user and password.
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Problems resetting MySQL root password
I'm trying to reset the root password of my MySQL installation (yep, password forgotten) according to this: ...
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Restore a saved Remote-Desktop Password?
Some fool in my company has scrapped the page with the root password for our hyper-v server.
Fortunately I've saved the password in the Remote Desktop Connection, so I'm able to connect remotely. How ...
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Any way to see an Active Directory password?
Before you jump to conclusions, let me explain. We have a password reset tool that is not working. For some reason when you use it, it resets your password to some unknown value (Not what you changed ...
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Reset AD Domain Administrator Password
How can I reset the administrator password for a Windows 2008 R2 DC?
It appears that none of the Domain Admin passwords/accounts are valid for this given DC, and there are several machines actively ...
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How to reset Administrator password Windows Server 2003 installed on Vmware?
I want to reset administrator password on Windows Server 2003. OS installed on VMware server VMware Server version 2.0.1. And problem is this: when i try to boot from live cd, after boot disk with ...
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Linux Admin Needs Help Gaining Access to Windows Server PDC
I have a new client that is a hard position with their previous IT management company. The previous company is refusing to release any administrative usernames or passwords for any computer. This is ...
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Windows 2003 Admin Password Lost
I have a windows 2003 server running a raid software.
This computer was on a domain but not anymore, i cannot login using the local account even after a password recovery through a linux live cd.
The ...
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Administrator password lost for remote Windows Web Server 2008 R2, any suggestions?
A friend of mine generated a new Administrator password for our Windows server with KeePass. At the same time, my... er... his PC manufacturer's auto-update was installing new graphics card drivers. ...
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How can I reset the local Administrator password for a Windows Vista client connected to a domain?
I have a Windows Vista client computer that is connected to a Windows Domain. I can login with the user account for DOMAIN\user1 and also with the Domain Administrator account DOMAIN\Administrator but ...
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how to find mysql passwords
Hi on one of my server I have installed a lot of softwares where in for each application I have created a user name and password.After that these applications have been running.Now I have to remove ...
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Reset password on a LANIER 5618 laser printer
I need to reset/recover the administrator password on a LANIER 5618 laser printer. It was probably changed by the former sysadmin and there's no documentation left. Can anybody help me with some ...
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Administrator password reset in AD (Windows 2k3 SBS)
My friend forgot all Administrator password (BUILTIN\Administrator, Domain Administrator, Recovery Mode Password) for his w2ks SBS based domain. I've found article about resetting domain admin ...
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SQL 2008 SA Password Gone with the Wind
Situation: There is a SQL 2008 instance here that we would like access to. The person who setup the instance is no longer with the company and, apparently, did not set the instance up with the ...
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Windows previous passwords
Is there a way to determine a user's previous passwords? say the last 5 passwords from a Windows Server 2008? The machine is setup as the domain controller and it has AD on it as well.
The passwords ...
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Changing non-root user passwords from root (if you don't know the old password?)
Hey, so I created a user, and he has been sshing in and doing a lot of stuff, but he forgot his password - is there any way for me to change his password without knowing it?
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Tayama Video encoding (MPEG?)
I have a Tayama DVR CCTV system, with an administrator who's long gone and no password for the thing. I need to recover the footage for the month of July, 2010. There is a "Video" partition, which ...
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Can't Reset Password - Ubuntu 10.04 on Hyper-V
I have a virtual Ubuntu 10.04 machine running under Hyper-V which I have lost the password to. With a physical Ubuntu box it's rather easy to press ESC at the grub prompt and proceed to reset your ...
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How do I hack into Promise Array Management?
One of our servers, which was installed long before my time at the company began, has two Promise Raid cards installed. It also has Promise Array Management version 3.0.0.36 (9/17/2002) installed. ...
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Unable to connect to SQL Database (can the password be reset)
I have recently joined a company which has an SQL 2005 Server running a few databases.
The server looks like no one has touched it in a couple of years and has this week it ran out of disk space.
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Lost Root and other user passwords
This isn't a huge deal, because there's very little on the server (literally a file or two) that we actually need off of it. But we disabled root logins as a security measure and can't remember any ...
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WebSphere 7 password recovery
On my local box I have RAD 7.5 and WebSphere 7.
When I run the administrative console it asks me for the username/password.
I tried all the default password/users combinations wasadmin/wasadmin ...
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Password Expired on Server 2008 R2
We're facing some trouble with our Windows Server 2008 R2 installation.
The passwords expired and we're prompted to change the password.
After changing it, we get following error message:
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Resetting salted Drupal admin password
Have an old VM with Drupal configured on it, and I can't recall the admin password. The password-recovery process sent me a link to reset the password, but the page generated said "Access Denied".
I ...
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Forgotten account password
I kept my passwords recorded but the location on my PC where I kept this went missing. I now can't get into Windows Server 2008 R2 as I can't remember the administrator or named account credentials ...
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I forgot W2K3 admin password. Is it possible to reset it
I forgot W2K3 admin password. Is it possible to reset it
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FTP server that logs failed password attempts
I'm looking for a FTP server that logs failed password attempts in clear text. The thing is that I've lost a password which is saved in my FTP client but it is encrypted obviously. What I wanted to do ...
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forgot ipmi password
I've lost the password of my supermicro ipmi interface (since i almost never use it...) and well, i was wondering if there is a way to reset the password somehow. My motherboard is the x8sti-f.
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Password Reset Self Service Portal
I’m looking for an affordable solution to offer a “self-service” password reset portal on the web for my active directory users. (about 150 of them)
Many of them don’t use Windows workstations and ...
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phpMyAdmin - can’t connect - invalid setings - ever since I added a root password - locked out
I run XAMPP,
a few days back i had set up a password for the root password through phpmyadmin
I am not able to access phpMyAdmin ever since that moment
I followed help on this link but everything ...
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Recover a lost IBM DS4300 SAN password?
I have a pair of IBM DS4300 SAN units that I need to perform a firmware upgrade on. Unfortunately the admin passwords on these units have been lost and now need to be reset. I had hoped the default ...
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How secure are password-protected WinRAR archives?
The web seems to be flooded by password removers. I'm however on the other side. I'm interested in security of my files.
If I have a WinRAR archive (> 1 Mbyte) and use a password (> 6 characters ...
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How to reset password on Mac OS X?
How can be reset password on Mac OS X? Is there something like single mode that Linux provides. I have installer CDs and DVDs of Mac with me.
I have a utility called rEFIt installed on that Mac. It ...
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Forgotten laptop windows login - what are my options?s
I have a (elderly) colleague who has forgotten the password to his laptop - he generally signs in as Administrator, but can't remember the password, and has asked my help. He says the laptop contains ...
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Is there an Emergency Rescue Disc (ERD) that allows for slipstreaming SATA drivers?
I have a computer at work that was baselined with the DISA Gold Disc, to include disabling the built-in admin account and setting its password to something unknown. So, while trying to use the repair ...
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What's the default administrator password for a FORE ES-2810 or an ASX-1000 switch?
Trying to get to know a new (to me) network and found an entire rack full of FORE ES-2810 and ASX-1000 switches still being used for... something. When I telnet to one of them, it asks for an ...
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Have you ever used kon-boot?
Has anyone here ever used kon-boot? I guess it may work because of the few blog posts about it but I feel kinda concerned and am interested at hearing experiences from anyone who have used multiple ...
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Poweredge 2650 RAC Card setup
I have a Poweredge 2650 with RAC 3.37 installed. Recently acquired the server and I have found some difficulty in setting up the RAC. On booting normally you can setup the IP, Gateway, Netmask and ...
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how to reset password on Instiki?
I have an install of Instiki that I recently upgraded from v0.13 to v0.16.6. I need to reset the password, but can find no means of doing so. Does anyone have a solution for this?
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SQL 2005 Password Recovery
I am trying to recover the password for one of the logins on a SQL 2005 (SP3) database. There seem to be a large number of tools out there to do this.
I'm a little nervous of running a tool against ...
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Recover password from SpeedPort DSL router
I'd like to recover the configuration (web interface) admin password of a SpeedPort W 700V router. I've got both wired and wireless access to the router but in both cases the web interface requires ...
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How to recover Administrator password for Windows Server 2003 VMWare image
Ok - I confess, I changed the admin password and misspelled it when entering it in our password bank.
Is there a way to retrieve it?
We are using Windows Server Console.
System Rescue CD has a ...
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How do I change a forgotten domain admin password on Windows Server 2003?
I've tried the SRVANY trick documented here. After rebooting 3 times into Directory Service Restore mode and tweaking the settings, I have not been able to log-in successfully. So, I'm not having ...
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Can I get all active directory passwords in clear text using reversible encryption?
EDIT: Can anybody actually answer the question? Thanks, I don't need no audit trail, I WILL know all the passwords and users can't change them and I will continue to do so.
This is not for hacking!
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Open Source MS Word Password Recovery?
Does anyone know of a free open source recovery tool? Should include recovery of document protection password ideally.
EDIT:
I'll settle for just Free instead of free and open source :) I'm looking ...
