Administrator Password in XP

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Haven't had to worry about this before, but I'm in a position now where the previous Manager had set an administrator password on a Notebook computer in XP then established a limited account for everyone to use. The previous Manager has left the organization and is not available to contact and did not leave a complete list of Admin passwords. Is there anyway besides reinstalling XP to reset that Administrator password? (I've already ran through the list of recent/known passwords that they used.)
 
go out to the web and look for an Xp cracking tool. I
have a Unix based disk that works quite well
-----Original Message-----
Haven't had to worry about this before, but I'm in a
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position now where the previous Manager had set an
administrator password on a Notebook computer in XP then
established a limited account for everyone to use. The
previous Manager has left the organization and is not
available to contact and did not leave a complete list of
Admin passwords. Is there anyway besides reinstalling XP
to reset that Administrator password? (I've already ran
through the list of recent/known passwords that they
used.)
 
Had he just assigned his userID with administrator
privileges or is this the built in Administrator account.

You can access the built in administrator account by
booting the system up in 'safe' mode.



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-----Original Message-----
Haven't had to worry about this before, but I'm in a
Click to expand...
position now where the previous Manager had set an
administrator password on a Notebook computer in XP then
established a limited account for everyone to use. The
previous Manager has left the organization and is not
available to contact and did not leave a complete list of
Admin passwords. Is there anyway besides reinstalling XP
to reset that Administrator password? (I've already ran
through the list of recent/known passwords that they used.)
 
Darrell said:
Haven't had to worry about this before, but I'm in a position now where the previous Manager had set an administrator password on a Notebook computer in XP then established a limited account for everyone to use. The previous Manager has left the organization and is not available to contact and did not leave a complete list of Admin passwords. Is there anyway besides reinstalling XP to reset that Administrator password? (I've already ran through the list of recent/known passwords that they used.)
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You can try booting to Safe Mode and logging in as Administrator with a
blank password.

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Darrell;
See this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm

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Darrell said:
Haven't had to worry about this before, but I'm in a position now
Click to expand...
where the previous Manager had set an administrator password on a
Notebook computer in XP then established a limited account for
everyone to use. The previous Manager has left the organization and
is not available to contact and did not leave a complete list of Admin
passwords. Is there anyway besides reinstalling XP to reset that
Administrator password? (I've already ran through the list of
recent/known passwords that they used.)
 
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