Re: Break out of admin requirement

From: Peter Kaufman (pmkdatabase_at_yahoo.ca)
Date: 04/27/03

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    You don't need a password to reformat. I would reformat and reinstall
    a whole new system if you have a copy of Windows, just so you know
    what is on the computer or not.

    If you want to try and crack or reset the password to blank, you could
    play around with this, but I would reinstall.

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

    Peter Kaufman, MCP

    On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 19:34:20 -0700, "Cynthia" <labellec@earthlink.net>
    wrote:

    >I just purchased a used laptop with Windows 2000 Pro
    >installed. I know the user password, but not the admin
    >password. Now I cannot install any new programs. Should i
    >reformat the hard drive? And how can I do that if the
    >admin password is needed?
    >Thanks for your time.
    >Cynthia

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