Hi there, I was wondering if there is a way to easily change the administrator password of a cloned windows guest. (XP and Vista both). I have tried mounting the LVM''s and using chntpw, but it doesn''t seem to write the file correctly. I am looking for this functionality because I am building out some group licensed VM''s for our developers, and want each to have a unique administrator password for the users assigned to it. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks -k _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Kevin Willock <xipher1@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi there, I was wondering if there is a way to easily change the > administrator password of a cloned windows guest. (XP and Vista both). I > have tried mounting the LVM''s and using chntpw, but it doesn''t seem to write > the file correctly. I am looking for this functionality because I am > building out some group licensed VM''s for our developers, and want each to > have a unique administrator password for the users assigned to it. > > Any thoughts or suggestions? >I am guessing that one of the most reliable ways is to use sysprep or the like, but that would have the most manual labor. I would image that you should be able to run a simple script (such as visual basic or the like) at boot to set the password with registry key hacks. Just some thoughts, maybe it will lead to better solutions. Cheers, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net check out our book: http://runningxen.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Kevin Willock <xipher1@gmail.com>wrote:> > > Hi there, I was wondering if there is a way to easily change the > administrator password of a cloned windows guest. (XP and Vista both).I> have tried mounting the LVM''s and using chntpw, but it doesn''t seem to > write the file correctly. I am looking for this functionality becauseI am> building out some group licensed VM''s for our developers, and wanteach to> have a unique administrator password for the users assigned to it. > > Any thoughts or suggestions? >Someone on here can probably be more specific, but there are definitely Linux based Windows password reset boot CD''s. I have used at least one before but can''t remember what it was called. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:27 PM, James Harper < james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote:> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Kevin Willock <xipher1@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi there, I was wondering if there is a way to easily change the > > administrator password of a cloned windows guest. (XP and Vista both). > I > > have tried mounting the LVM''s and using chntpw, but it doesn''t seem to > > write the file correctly. I am looking for this functionality because > I am > > building out some group licensed VM''s for our developers, and want > each to > > have a unique administrator password for the users assigned to it. > > > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > > > > Someone on here can probably be more specific, but there are definitely > Linux based Windows password reset boot CD''s. I have used at least one > before but can''t remember what it was called. > >maybe you are referring to something like tom''s root boot: http://www.toms.net/rb/> > James >-- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net check out our book: http://runningxen.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users