Administrator password lost

[Guest]

The person who set up the few computers in my company is no longer with the company and I don't know the administrator password. Can anyone help?

 

[Michael Platts [MSFT]]

Hi,

We have an article discusses this but the news is not good I'm afraid. To
quote from the article:

"If the administrator password is lost, forgotten, or unknown, access to
the computer may not be obtainable and the operating system may need to be
reinstalled."

258289 Windows 2000 Logon Passwords
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258289

Best regards,
Michael Platts, MCSE
Microsoft Product Support

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[John Thow]

The person who set up the few computers in my company is no longer with the company and I don't know the administrator password. Can anyone help?

You could try http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

If you have any encrypted files, see the warning in the FAQ.
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John Thow
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