Re: Accidentally deleted Admin

From: Dmitry Korolyov (d__k_at_mail.ru)
Date: 05/01/03 

Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 22:07:49 +0400

Are we talking about domain account or just local administrator account?
There are many tools and tricks to reset local aministrator password to
blank, one of them is to boot another os and delete "SAM" file (this deletes
all local accounts and sets admin password to blank), plus there are several
tools which do similar things. 

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Dmitry Korolyov
"Jean-Paul Sartre" <sometimesthelettersarelukewarm@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:#1KnYvAEDHA.1932@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hey guys,
>
> Sorry about the multi-group post... I didn't know which group might be
able
> to answer this question best.
>
> I recently cleaned out my extraneous users and groups on my Win2k box, but
> in the process, I wiped out the Admin login as well.
>
> Now, when I try to login, I can't (naturally).
>
> The old user/pass no longer works (since the profile was deleted) nor did
a
> blank user/pass or any other combination usernames/passwords (for
instance:
> logmeinyoulousymachine/goddammitimserious, etc...)
>
> Anyone know what I can do?  (Short of a format/re-install, of course).
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> -David
>
>

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