CORRUPTED Administrator Password

From: Tim (thodgson@pnc.com.au)
Date: 03/29/02 

From: "Tim" <thodgson@pnc.com.au>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:45:33 +1100

NT 4.0 Workstation
Up until about a week ago, the Administrator Password never failed.... Now I
cannot use the admin features, do any repairs or add any software...

Is there ANYTHING I can do besides a reformat-reload?

Tim

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