Re: Win2K Pro Local Admin Password lost

From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/22/05 

Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:47:06 -0400

Might this link work for you?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272530/EN-US/ 

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Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA  24012
Microsoft Active Directory MVP
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
"Ash Ridley" <ash.ridley@deletethis.ash-ridley.net> wrote in message 
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> Apologies for the cross-post, not sure where this should really be.
>
> I have a problem and I'd like to know what my options are.
>
> Today I had to install a new domain controller on a site, unfortunately 
> the
> old one died and for reasons too complex to go into here the directory 
> wasnt
> able to be restored.
>
> My intention was for the workstations to simply leave the old domain, 
> reboot
> and then join the new one - unfortunately it turns out the local admin
> password has been set to something the client has no record of, so I now
> have 2 machines that arent in a domain, the only local user account is 
> Admin
> (to my knowledge) and they dont know what the password is.
>
> At this stage I'm guessing I'm stuck with rebuilding these 2 machines but 
> I
> just thought I'd check if anyone had any suggestions on how I could avoid
> this?
>
> Thanks
>
>

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