Chntpw

chntpw
Developer(s)Petter Nordahl-Hagen (Formerly Petter Nordahl)
Initial releaseMay 28, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05-28)
Stable release
1.00 / February 1, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-02-01)
Written inC
Operating systemLinux
Available inEnglish
TypeData recovery
LicenseGPLv2
Websitepogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

chntpw is a software utility for resetting or blanking local passwords used by Windows NT operating systems on Linux. It does this by editing the SAM database where Windows stores password hashes.