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Reset your Windows password with Chntpw using System Rescue CD 5

 in Linux / PC Repair / Registry / Security / Windows 7 / Windows XP  tagged Linux / Password Reset / Registry / Security / Windows 7 / Windows XP by

Quick note about using chntpw command to reset Windows passwords. Mostly, I just couldn’t remember what the command line program was or the switches. Boot to System Rescue CD. mount the Windows drive RW (mine was RO) cd to the config dir: cd /mnt/sda1/Windows/System32/config Backup your sam,security,system,software (just copy them […]

Outlook 2010 Exchange Cached Mode with direct Active Directory Global Address List 2

 in Exchange Server / Registry / Windows 7 / Windows Server  tagged Cached Mode / Exchange / Global Address List / Outlook 2010 / Registry by

We have Exchange accounts in Outlook 2010 and the Global Address List would not update. One reason was due to an error on our server (address in another post), but then the default times to update are 24 ours, and that’s too long. On our internal systems, we want Cached […]