administrator password recovery on w2k

From: Eizu (eixuian_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/27/03 

Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:22:19 -0700

Recently, I gave someone the admin password to my computer
because I foolishly neglected to set up any user accounts,
and I needed information off my computer from a remote
location. Upon returning home I discovered that they had
changed the password, effectively locking me out of my own
computer. I know I probably deserve it for being so
careless, but is there anyway to recover the password? I
ended up having to reinstall w2k so that I could finish
some paperwork, but I was wondering if anyone had ideas
about how to fix this problem should it crop up again.

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