unknown administrator password - XP Professional

[Guest]

Hello, I work at a non-profit and just inherited a XP workstation. The
default log on account was the administrator account. I added it to the my
domain, but forgot to create an admin account for myself. Is it possible to
change the password so that I can log on and create another admin account or
will the built-in administrator account cease to work?

Thanks!

 

[Galen]

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Hello, I work at a non-profit and just inherited a XP workstation. The
default log on account was the administrator account. I added it to
the my domain, but forgot to create an admin account for myself. Is
it possible to change the password so that I can log on and create
another admin account or will the built-in administrator account
cease to work?

Thanks!

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[anno_triangle]

Hi,

I think you can reset unknown admin account. This way, Password changer
can be useful for you. I've got in a situation before, where password
was needed to bypass, and the tool worked. It is on a cd image that
includes tools for data recovery, erase and backup, really powerful
tools I must add.
http://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm