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by crosbywa

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Several Machines we have are no longer networked and are not useing our Admin password due to security issues, the password that they were useing has been forgotten, I was wonderin if there is away around the admin password, to setup and change for windows 2000 or if we have to clean the machine and lose all data.

Thanks in advance.

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by norbert

I'm assuming the pc's are still configured to log onto the network.?. If so temporarly plug them back on and logonto the Domain administrator account. Once logged on use teh Users&Passwords setting in Control Panel to add a local user with Admin rights. When done take it off the network and you can change the Original Admin password while logged on the user you just creat

by peplik

Winternals has a utility (NT Locksmith) that will allow you to change any password on an NT/W2K machine. I have used it to save my skin a couple of times. WWW.WINTERNALS.COM
Is the web site I think.

Hope this helps

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