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what is default admin password

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I just did a repair and select default users replace by accident. When it boots now it opens in workgroup login screen. I need to know the default password so I may get in and setup network settings.

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by gutridgesj

in nt, there is no default administrator password, well probably MS has a back door but i doubt many people outside ms knows it.

the admin password is assigned when one installs nt.

by jsewell

Heres the back door, assuming your boot partiton is fat. boot to dos,
cd\%systemroot%\system32ren logon.scr logon2.scr
copy c:\%systemroot%\explorer.exe c:\%systemroot%\system32
cd\%systemroot\system32
ren explorer.exe to logon.scr
reboot computer and wait at logon screen for about 10-15 minutes. logon.scr will launch and you will be at the desktop with system rights. Go into user manager and change Admin password....All this depends on being able to boot to c:....don't forget to change the logon.scr back when your done. Hope this works....

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