Lost Admin Password

[Larry]

Please reply to (e-mail address removed). I have a stand
alone PC, (non-networked) that I don't have the
administrator password. The employee was dismissed and
didn't give it to me. How or what do I need to do to
reset the admin password? Is there a trick or will I
have to reinstall Windows 2000? If I install Win2k, will
I lose all the data on the hard drive? Thanks for your
help.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Please reply to (e-mail address removed). I have a stand
alone PC, (non-networked) that I don't have the
administrator password. The employee was dismissed and
didn't give it to me. How or what do I need to do to
reset the admin password? Is there a trick or will I
have to reinstall Windows 2000? If I install Win2k, will
I lose all the data on the hard drive? Thanks for your
help.

Hi

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#password

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Please reply to (e-mail address removed).

So will the SpamBots. And Worm viruses. NEVER post your
real e-mail address in usenet.

 

[*Vanguard*]

in news:[email protected]:

So will the SpamBots. And Worm viruses. NEVER post your
real e-mail address in usenet.

Maybe Larry's college (.edu) has some stupdenous spam filtering that the
rest of us don't know about.

Larry needs to look into using disposable webmail accounts or using
e-mail aliases.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Please reply to (e-mail address removed). I have a stand
alone PC, (non-networked) that I don't have the
administrator password. The employee was dismissed and
didn't give it to me. How or what do I need to do to
reset the admin password? Is there a trick or will I
have to reinstall Windows 2000? If I install Win2k, will
I lose all the data on the hard drive? Thanks for your
help.

After you have the machine up and running again, spend
ten seconds in planning ahead: Create a second admin
account on each and every machine so that you're never
again at the mercy of disgruntled staff.