Creating a bootable USB drive with Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) and including the NTPWEdit utility.
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. Unlike tools that attempt to decrypt existing passwords, NTPWEdit works by directly modifying the SAM (Security Accounts Manager) file located at C:\Windows\System32\config\SAM Core Requirements Creating a bootable USB drive with Windows Preinstallation
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