In the end i pushed out a local admin on each machine via group policy. NTPassword Recovery has never failed me, But i do remember it being a pain having to do. Says Kernel Panic, and something with INIT= and has done so on several computers :/ Use CHNTPW to locate the SAM and clear the local admin password.ĬHNTPW crashes for me. If that PIN was set by the car owner, that's the equivalent of Backup Exec's password being set by some random end-user, in which case your network is in seriously poor shape.Ī good network is well-documented. The password for the backups is in no way comparable to a car radio PIN. If you have an environment where you have staff members entrusted with backups, but no policies and structures in place to ensure such passwords are securely recorded, then I'll wager your network is in a pretty sorry state. The objective of the PIN is to prevent radio theft, but the loss of a few fingers would seem to be a more serious concern than the need to replace a radio, would it not?Īs with the backup scenario, the owner probably set the pin when they bought the car and has long since forgotten it. In the auto industry there is a big problem with having to take risks by working on engines with the battery connected, thanks to nonresettable PINs on radios. There are numerous cases of IPhones being bricked through users setting a password and then forgetting it. Very dangerous situation, and can so easily arise because people think on seeing the option, 'Oh, yes, a password would be a good idea for security!' and don't understand the consequences Unknown to anyone on site, Backups are still being passworded and are functionally useless if there is a data loss. For example, staff member thinks it would be a good idea to set a password in Backup Exec, then leaves the company. Unbreakable passwords are a dangerous toy.

Passwords are close to useless if they can be bypassed with random free tools downloaded from the internet. Might as well not even have a password or just use simple weak passwords that you can't forget if the drives aren't encrypted. Sounds like the drives may be encrypted? If this is the case, you have no way to do any of the above I'm afraid.

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