Re: Cracking admin password on Win 2000; then putting it back?
From: «bonehead;\) (noone_at_spam.not)
Date: 09/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 04:26:30 GMT
"Mark3324" <user@domain.invalid> wrote in message
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> I've spend the evening reading a number of web sites offering tools to
deal
> with getting past the administrator password of Windows 2000. I have not
> found the one feature I really need: The ability to put things back the
way
> they were.
>
> The situation is a locked-down corporate box; so locked down you can't
even
> change the contents of the Start menu or your monitor resolution. I want
to
> get in to Windows, make a few changes, and then put it back the way I
found
> it. I don't mind if IT comes by and finds some things modified, but I
don't
> want IT to find the old password doesn't work.
>
> Does such a solution exist? I don't mind paying for software. Thanks.
>
The setting lock down would probably be a Group policy issue run by the Net
Admin.
This is assuming the box is connected to the corporate network.
I would also assume the admin would have an event log that flags anytime
someone attempts
to fiddle with the password or settings...
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