Re: Accidentally deleted Admin
From: Pegasus (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 05/02/03
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Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 10:01:29 +1000
As far as I know you cannot delete the "Administrator" account.
If all else fails then you can delete c:\winnt\system32\config\sam.
This will wipe every local account and will give you just "Administrator"
with a blank password.
"Jean-Paul Sartre" <sometimesthelettersarelukewarm@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> 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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