Re: Can't Log In! Please Help!

From: KlausF (Sorry@TooMuch.Junk.net)
Date: 03/27/02 

From: "KlausF" <Sorry@TooMuch.Junk.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:43:55 +1100

Sigh . . . another password bunny.

- Download a free password replacement tool from
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

or
- delete c:\winnt\system32\config\sam. This will kill every
  account and give you just "administrator" with a blank
  password.

Lastly: Plan ahead and create at least 2 admin accounts
so that you're not caught with your pants down when it
happens next time.

<nowhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:3CA11905.3020204@nowhere.com...
> Hi,
>
> I logged off a NT4 workstation thinking I knew the administrator
> password. Turned out I didn't and now I can't log in. Don't know
> any other accounts either. Is there a way (or software app) to
> recover local NT administrator password if you have physical
> access to computer? BTW this PC is IDE Disk; nothing fancy.
>
> Dave
>

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