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by robbyr2

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I have a desktop that was set up as a server two years ago and the Local Machine admin password has been lost between office moves. How can I restore Local Machine administration without the password?

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by shanghai sam

Sorry can't boot locally, I am remote from this machine trying to walk through with another person who is local that has admin authority under a network user ID but no Local Machine admin access.

by gigelul

I assume that you are in a network and you can login with a domain account in this computer.
With domain admin account use from menu type in domain <\\ComputerName>. You will see all local accounts for this computer and you will can change password.

by mmartinez108

Microsoft would tell you that you would just have to format and start over but you can get a password cracking software like Lophtcrack. Good luck

by david.funnell

If the PC is logged into the domain, use User Manager, select the PC, select the local administrator user and change the password.

by simonbuus

For a local Admin account, I would recommend NTChangepass. This is a great Auditing tool that will allow you to change the Admin PW for the local machine, (not domain Admin). It is actually a "Linux Bootdisk" that is a little bit tweaked to searchout and find the assoc. files. You should feel comfortable in DOS prior to using this tool.

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