Recovery Console - I don't know the Administrator Password

[Danforth France]

I'm trying to run Recovery Console on my Windows 2000 and it asks me
for the Administrator's password and I have no idea what it is. I am
the administrator, but I haven't used that password in years. Is there
a way around this?

Danforth

 

[Dave Patrick]

If you can logon normally then reset it. Else you're likely out of luck.

 

[Ray at]

Leave it blank if that's what the administrator account's password is.

Ray at work

 

[Ray at]

Are you saying you cannot enter the recovery console if you have just the
default admin account and you have a blank password for it? Nice! I'll
file that away as reason #234934 to NEVER have blank passwords.

Ray at work

If you can logon normally then reset it. Else you're likely out of luck.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

I'm trying to run Recovery Console on my Windows 2000 and it asks me
for the Administrator's password and I have no idea what it is. I am
the administrator, but I haven't used that password in years. Is there
a way around this?

Danforth

 

[Dave Patrick]

Nope, didn't say that. You need to *know* the password (blank or otherwise)
for the local administrator account in order to start the recovery console.
In other words I guess if you didn't know it was blank and also didn't try
blank (typing random characters) then you would not get there. I guess I
assumed the op did try the enter key probably more than once.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Logon to Win2000 with your alternative admin account, then reset
the password for the primary admin account. Lastly, store the
details for both account in a safe place - they are the master keys
to your system!

 

[resident cynic]

If you can logon normally then reset it. Else you're likely out of luck.

Nonsense!

There is a Linux boot disk that will let you reset the administrator
password on an NT/Win2K system.

Go to
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

and get this utility that will reset the admin password for you. Works
great! And it's FREE!!!

 

[Sparker9]

You can bypass this prompt with a change in the Local Security Settings (Administrative Tools).

Look under Local Policies | Security Options. Enable this > Recovery Console: Allow automatic administrative logon