Windows

Links

• Administrator and User Passwords in Windows XP

• Cloning Windows/XP

Tools and commands

wmi

Windows Management Instrumentation

Third party tools

• ccleaner

Viruses and spyware

• Hitman Pro

• http://www.malwarebytes.org/
• http://www.combofix.org/

Run malwarebytes first, then combofix

virus scanners

• AVG
• avira

avoid Norton :)

FAQs

change NT password

Boot a linux rescue CD containing chntpw and use that, or boot sysrescuecd and select 'ntpasss'

Recovery console

Boot from CD, press R for recovery console

recovery console commands

• Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console

Problem access rights profile

(exact message???)

seems related to "prf*tmp" files on stored profile