Hi Pierre,

I'm here now:

root@amd1:/mnt1/WINDOWS/system32/config# chntpw -e SAM system security software
chntpw version 0.99.6 110511 , (c) Petter N Hagen
Hive <SAM> name (from header): <on1\WINDOWS\system32\config\sam>
ROOT KEY at offset: 0x001020 * Subkey indexing type is: 666c <lf>
File size 262144 [40000] bytes, containing 8 pages (+ 1 headerpage)
Used for data: 339/26696 blocks/bytes, unused: 12/5816 blocks/bytes.

Hive <system> name (from header): <\WINDOWS\system32\config\system>
ROOT KEY at offset: 0x001020 * Subkey indexing type is: 686c <lh>
File size 3145728 [300000] bytes, containing 673 pages (+ 1 headerpage)
Used for data: 50122/2904016 blocks/bytes, unused: 1232/27664 blocks/bytes.

openHive(security) failed: No such file or directory, trying read-only
openHive(security) in fallback RO-mode failed: No such file or directory
Unable to open/read a hive, exiting..
root@amd1:/mnt1/WINDOWS/system32/config#

Is that a problem or I can forget 'software' parameter?

TIA,
Ruzsi